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‫ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‬

‫إن ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ ﻏري ﻣﺴﺌﻮﻟﺔ ﻋﻦ آراء املﺆﻟﻒ وأﻓﻜﺎره‬
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‫ﺗﺪﻣﻚ‪٩٧٨ ٩٧٧ ٧١٩ ٣٤٠ ٥ :‬‬
‫‪ -١‬اﻟﻘﺼﺺ اﻹﻧﺠﻠﻴﺰﻳﺔ‬
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‫رﺳﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف‪ :‬إﻳﻤﺎن إﺑﺮاﻫﻴﻢ‪ ،‬ﺗﺼﻤﻴﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف‪ :‬إﻳﻬﺎب ﺳﺎﻟﻢ‪.‬‬

‫ﻳﻤﻨﻊ ﻧﺴﺦ أو اﺳﺘﻌﻤﺎل أي ﺟﺰء ﻣﻦ ﻫﺬا اﻟﻜﺘﺎب ﺑﺄﻳﺔ وﺳﻴﻠﺔ ﺗﺼﻮﻳﺮﻳﺔ أو إﻟﻜﱰوﻧﻴﺔ أو ﻣﻴﻜﺎﻧﻴﻜﻴﺔ‪،‬‬
‫وﻳﺸﻤﻞ ذﻟﻚ اﻟﺘﺼﻮﻳﺮ اﻟﻔﻮﺗﻮﻏﺮاﰲ واﻟﺘﺴﺠﻴﻞ ﻋﲆ أﴍﻃﺔ أو أﻗﺮاص ﻣﻀﻐﻮﻃﺔ أو اﺳﺘﺨﺪام أﻳﺔ وﺳﻴﻠﺔ‬
‫ﻧﴩ أﺧﺮى‪ ،‬ﺑﻤﺎ ﰲ ذﻟﻚ ﺣﻔﻆ املﻌﻠﻮﻣﺎت واﺳﱰﺟﺎﻋﻬﺎ‪ ،‬دون إذن ﺧﻄﻲ ﻣﻦ اﻟﻨﺎﴍ‪.‬‬
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‫‪7‬‬ ‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮ ُد ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‬ ‫‪ُ -١‬‬

‫‪9‬‬ ‫‪ -٢‬ﻣ َُﻘﺎﺑَ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱢﺪ‬
‫‪13‬‬ ‫‪ِ -٣‬ﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱢﺪ‬
‫‪17‬‬ ‫‪ِ -٤‬ﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ‬
‫‪21‬‬ ‫‪ِ -٥‬زﻳَﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة‬
‫‪27‬‬ ‫ان‬‫‪َ -٦‬زا ِﺋ َﺮ ِ‬
‫‪31‬‬ ‫‪ -٧‬ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة‬
‫‪35‬‬ ‫‪ -٨‬ﺟَ ْﻮ َﻟ ٌﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﻠ َﺪ ِة‬
‫‪39‬‬ ‫ﻂ‬‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫‪ -٩‬ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎ ُل وَا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬
‫‪45‬‬ ‫‪ -١٠‬ﺟَ ﱠﺪ ٌة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‬
‫‪51‬‬ ‫‪َ -١١‬ﺷﺒَﺢٌ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‬
‫‪55‬‬ ‫‪ -١٢‬ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‬
‫‪59‬‬ ‫‪ِ -١٣‬ﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل أَﺧِ ريًا‬
‫‪63‬‬ ‫اس ﻳَ ْﻮ ِم ْاﻷَﺣَ ِﺪ‬ ‫‪ -١٤‬أَﺟْ َﺮ ُ‬
‫‪67‬‬ ‫‪ِ -١٥‬زﻳَﺎ َر ٌة أَﺧِ ريًا‬
‫‪71‬‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ ٌﺪ‬ ‫‪ -١٦‬ﺑَﻴ ٌْﺖ َ‬
‫‪75‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءَ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪ َ‬
‫ِﻳﻦ‬ ‫‪ -١٧‬أ َ ْﺧﺒَﺎ ٌر ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْ‬
‫‪79‬‬ ‫‪ -١٨‬ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ُة ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱢﺪ‬
‫‪83‬‬ ‫‪ -١٩‬ا ْﻟ َﻮدَا َع ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧ َ ْﻠﺘَﻘِ َﻲ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‬
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‫ﻮد ْ َ‬
‫اﳉ َﺒ ِﻞ‬ ‫ُﺻ ُﻌ ُ‬

‫ري ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي!«‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ َ‬

‫َاﺻ ِﲇ ﱠ‬ ‫»و ِ‬
‫َات ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺒَﺎﻟ َِﻐ ِﺔ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﻠﺒ َِﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﻓﺄَوْﻣَ ﺄ َ ِت‬ ‫ات ا ْﻟ َﺨﻤْ ِﺲ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ ذَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت أُذُﻧ َ ِﻲ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫َﻗ َﺮﻋَ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ُ‬
‫ري َﻫﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷَﺛْﻮَابُ اﻟﺜ ﱠ َﻼﺛ َ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِﻳﻬَ ﺎ — أَﺣَ ﺪ ََﻫﺎ َﻓﻮ َْق ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ َﺧﺎ َﻟﺘِﻬَ ﺎ وَأ َ ْ َ‬
‫ﻒ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﺴﺒﱠﺒ َْﺖ ِﰲ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ِﺴريَ َﺳ ْريًا ﺑ َِﻄﻴﺌًﺎ ِﰲ ذَﻟِﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‬ ‫ﻮﰲ ﱡ اﻟﺜﱠﻘِ ﻴ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﺘَ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬‫َاﻟﺸﺎ ُل ﱡ‬ ‫—و ﱠ‬
‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎ ﱢر ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷﻬْ ِﺮ ﻳُﻮﻧْﻴُﻮ‪.‬‬
‫»ﻫ ْﻞ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ُﻣﺘْﻌَ ﺒ ٌَﺔ؟«‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ َﻟ ُﺔ دﻳﺘﺎ‪َ :‬‬
‫»ﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﺷﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﱢﺮ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َرد ِﱠت اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫َاﺻ ِﲇ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ﱠﺪ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻮ ِ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨ َ ِﺼ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٍْت ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬ ٍﺞ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة ِﰲ َ‬
‫ﻮن‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫َاﺳﻌَ ًﺔ َﻗ ِﻮﻳ ًﱠﺔ‪َ .‬ﺳﻨ َ ِﺼ ُﻞ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﰲ ُﻏ ُ‬ ‫َات و ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ وَأ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺨ ِﻄﻲ ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻮ َل َﻗﻠ ً‬‫ري ﻟِﻤَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ أ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬‫ِﰲ ﱠ‬
‫َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻵ َن‪«.‬‬
‫ﱪ ﻣَ ﻤَ ﱢﺮ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﺸﺎةِ‪َ .‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌُ ﻮ ِد ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎت ﻣَ َﻀ ْﺖ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أ َ ْن َﻏﺎ َد َرﺗَﺎ دورﻓﲇ َوﺑَﺪَأَﺗَﺎ ِﰲ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَا أ َ ﱠن َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍ‬
‫ﻮل ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ َﻛﺎﻓِ ﻴًﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﴣ ِﺳﻮَى َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪةٍ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬
‫ﺎس‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻻ ْﻟﺘِﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻋَ ﺎ َد ًة ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٍة ﻣ َُﺸﻴﱠ َﺪ ٍة ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺣَ ِﺪ ﺟَ ﻮَاﻧ ِِﺐ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪ .‬ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﺮﻳَ ٍﺔ َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِِﻬ ْﻢ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ِﻒ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋ ِِﻬ ْﻢ و َُﻫ ْﻢ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺣَ ِﺔ و َِزﻳَﺎ َر ِة أ َ ْ‬
‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ َﻫﻤﱢ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ ِﺑﻤَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎس اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺣَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ِﻻ ْﻟﺘِﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﺑ ُﱠﺔ وَاﻟ ﱢ‬‫ﱠ‬
‫ات ُو ﱢدﻳﱠ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ﻄﻌُ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ ِﺰﻳَﺎ َر ٍ‬ ‫ِﺑﺤَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َﻗ ْ‬
‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ِﺖ اﻣْ َﺮأ َ ٌة‪» :‬إ ِ َذا ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ َذاﻫِ ﺒ ًَﺔ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺄ َ ِﺳريُ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻚِ ﻳَﺎ دﻳﺘﺎ!«‬ ‫َ‬
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‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺄ َ ْت ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﻘﺪ ِﱡﻣﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫َﻟﻮﱠﺣَ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ وَأَوْﻣَ ﺄ َ ْت ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ْﺮأَةِ‪ ،‬وَأَﺑْ َ‬
‫ﺎق ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﻠﺤَ ِ‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﺘْﻬَ ﺎ أ ُ ْﺧﺘُﻚِ ؟«‬‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أ َ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻫِ َﻲ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َرأ َ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬أ َ ُ‬
‫ﻴﺶ ﻣَ َﻊ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺤِ ﺒُﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﺗَﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ ،‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ ْ‬
‫ﳾءٍ َﻛﻬَ ﺬَا؟ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ ﻓِ ﻌْ ُﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ؟ َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أَﻧﱠﻚِ ﺟُ ِﻨﻨ ْ ِﺖ! َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﺗَ ْﺮ َك َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫– »ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻮ َ‬
‫ﻈ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ ِﺼ َﻼ ِن ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ ُد ُﻛﻤَ ﺎ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ْف ﻳَ ْ‬‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ َﻫﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻚِ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪َ ،‬و َﻟ َﺴﻮ َ‬ ‫أَﻳﱠ ِﺔ ﺣَ ٍ‬
‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ!«‬
‫»ﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ َﻞ ذَﻟِﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ِﺢ؛ َﻓﻬُ َﻮ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ِﺪ اﻋْ ﺘَﻨَﻴ ُْﺖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ‪َ :‬‬
‫ﺾ‬ ‫ﺼﺎدِ ُﻓﻨِﻲ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ اﺑْﻨ َ َﺔ ﻋَ ﺎ ٍم وَاﺣِ ﺪٍ‪َ .‬ﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ ْاﻵ َن ﺗُ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻣَ ﺎﺗَ ْﺖ أُﻣﱡ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﻴﺶ وَأَﻋْ ﻤَ ُﻞ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻔ َﺮ ِص ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ِﺔ‪ .‬أَﺧِ ريًا َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻟﺪَيﱠ ﻣَ َﻜﺎ ٌن ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ٌﻞ أَﻋِ ُ‬
‫ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳُ َﺆدﱢيَ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ و ِ‬
‫َاﺟﺒَﻪُ‪«.‬‬
‫ﻃ ٍﺔ ﻣَ َﻊ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ ِﺑﺒ ََﺴﺎ َ‬ ‫ني اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ني أَﻧﱠﻚِ َﺳﺘَ ْﱰُ ِﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ِﰲ ﺗَﻌَ ﺠﱡ ٍﺐ‪» :‬أَﺗَﻌْ ِﻨ َ‬
‫ﴚءٍ َﻛﻬَ ﺬَا‪«.‬‬ ‫ُوركِ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﻴَﺎ َم ِﺑ َ ْ‬‫ﺻﺪ َﱢق أ َ ﱠن ِﺑﻤَ ْﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﺼﻌُ ﺐُ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َ ْن أ ُ َ‬ ‫ني؟ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫َوﺗَ ْﺮﺣَ ِﻠ َ‬
‫َاﺟ ِﺒﻲ ﻣَ َﻊ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي! ﻣَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﻓِ ﻌْ ﻠُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ؟ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ﱠدﻳ ُْﺖ و ِ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﺘْﻬَ ﺎ دﻳﺘﺎ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ َذا ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺼﺪ َ‬
‫ﺻﺤَ ﺒَﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ!«‬ ‫ِﰲ َرأ ْ ِﻳﻚِ ؟ َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬
‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ُل ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻮي ِزﻳَﺎ َرﺗَ ُﻪ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬُ ﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُﻌْ ِﻄﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز إِﺟَ ﺎﺑ ًَﺔ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬
‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ اﻣْ َﺮأ َ ٌة َﺷﺎﺑ ٌﱠﺔ ﻣَ َﻊ وَا ِﻟ َﺪﺗِﻬَ ﺎ وَاﺑْﻨِﻬَ ﺎ ﺑﻴﱰ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮخ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﺗَﻌِ ُ‬ ‫ﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ ْت دﻳﺘﺎ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ َ‬
‫َﺎح إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻮَادِي ﻟِﺠَ ْﻠ ِﺐ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﴩ ﻋَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ اﻋْ ﺘَﺎ َد أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﺰ َل ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱠﻲ ذَا ْاﻷَﺣَ َﺪ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﱠ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓ َ‬
‫ني و َْﻗ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﻟ َِﻘ َﻀﺎءِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْاﻗ ِﺘﻴَﺎدِ َﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ و َِاﻻﻋْ ِﺘﻨَﺎءِ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﺤِ َ‬
‫اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪.‬‬
‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒًﺎ َﻟﻚِ !«‬ ‫ﻈﺎ َ‬ ‫ُﺧﻮﻟِﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ِﻟﺘَ ُﺰو َر ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َة‪» :‬ﺣَ ٍّ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ د ُ‬
‫ري‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺮ َﻏﺐْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻟﻮﱠﺣَ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ ِﺑﻴَﺪ َِﻫﺎ َو َر َاﻗﺒ َِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ﻮخ ا ْﻟﺒُﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة أﺛْﻨَﺎءَ ﺗَ َﻘﺪ ِﱡﻣﻬَ ﺎ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬
‫ﻴﻘ ًﺔ ِﻟﺘَ ْﺴ ِﻮﻳَ ِﺔ ُﻗﺒﱠﻌَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻮ َﻟ ْﺖ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﺘَﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻣُﺤِ ﱠﻘ ًﺔ‪ .‬و ََﻗ َﻀ ْﺖ دَﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫َاف ِﺑﺄ َ ﱠن َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ِاﻻﻋْ ِﱰ ِ‬
‫ﺎف ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﺳ ِﺘﺌْﻨ َ ِ‬‫َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَﺤْ ِﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي؛ إ ِ ْذ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺑﺤَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ْ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬

‫ُﻣ َﻘﺎ َﺑ َﻠ ُﺔ ْ َ‬
‫اﳉ ﱢﺪ‬

‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻤْ ﺘِﻌَ ًﺔ ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺮ َاﻗﺒَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ وَا ْﻟ َﻮ َﻟ ِﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ َُﻘﻮد َُﻫﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ َﺎﻓﺤَ ْﺖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗُﺠَ ِﺎرﻳَ ُﻪ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ‬
‫َاب‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِﻳﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﻤْ ﻨَﻌُ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِاﻻ ْﻗ ِﱰ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺒ ََﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﺨ َﺮ ٍة إ ِ َﱃ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻘﻔِ ُﺰ ُﻫ َﻮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬
‫ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ﱠث إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫ﴎ ِع ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ‬ ‫َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة ﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪َ .‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ِﰲ َﺧ ْﻠ ِﻊ ﺣِ ﺬَاﺋِﻬَ ﺎ وَﺟَ ﻮ َِار ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺄ َ ْ َ‬
‫ﻮف‬‫اﻟﺸﺎ َل ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻠ ُﻔ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ َك‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻓ َﺮ َﻏ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﺧ َﻠﻌَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺎ ِﺑﻌِ ﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻷ َ َ‬
‫آﺧ ُﺮ ِﻟﺘَ ْﺨ َﻠﻌَ ﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﺧﺎ َﻟﺘُﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﻒ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٌ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ِﻣﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ وَأ َ ْﻟ َﻘﺘْﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺧ َﻠﻌَ ْﺖ ِﻣﻌْ َ‬
‫ﴪﻋَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِْق‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ِﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗُﺠَ ﻨﱢﺒَﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﻤْ َﻠﻪُ‪ِ .‬ﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻳَ ْﻮ ِم ْاﻷَﺣَ ِﺪ َﻓﻮ َْق ِﻣﻌْ َ‬
‫ﻄﻔِ ﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮﻣ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬‫َﺿﻌَ ْﺖ ِﻣﻌْ َ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫ﻴﺼﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﺘﱠﺤْ ﺘ ﱠِﻲ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ِﺑ ِﻪ َﻫ َﺬا‬ ‫َﻗ ْﺪ َﺧ َﻠﻌَ ْﺖ َﻫ َﺬا أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪ .‬و ََﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻵ َن ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِي َﻗ ِﻤ َ‬
‫ﻒ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﻘﻔِ ُﺰ َوﺗَﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ ُﻖ َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٍة ُﻣ َﺮﺗﱠﺒَ ٍﺔ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحَ ‪ .‬ﺟَ ﻤَ ﻌَ ْﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ َﻛﻮْﻣَ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ﺑﻴﱰ وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ‪.‬‬
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‫ﻈﻬَ ُﺮ أﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ ًة ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻠﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫آﻫﺎ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َر َ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺑﻴﱰ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻻﺣَ َ‬
‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﺑَ ْﺪءًا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺠْ َﻮﺑَﺘْ ُﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻀ ٌﺔ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ا ْرﺗَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ِﻪ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ٌﺔ ﻋَ ِﺮ َ‬
‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ َﻗ ْﺖ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜِﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَﺄ ْ ِوي إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺰ إ ِ َﱃ ُﺳ َﺆاﻟ ِِﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﺪَدِ َﻫﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬
‫ﻒ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ دﻳﺘﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَﻘِ ُ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬
‫َاﻟﺸﺎ ُل‬‫ﻄ َﻔﺎكِ و ﱠ‬ ‫ني؟ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻫﺬَا ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻓﻌَ ْﻠﺘ ِِﻪ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻚِ ؟! وَأَﻳ َْﻦ ِﻣﻌْ َ‬ ‫– »ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ِﻠ َ‬
‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ﻠِﻚِ ؟ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﱰﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮ َِاربُ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ُة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺮ؟ وَا ْﻟﺤِ ﺬَاءُ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ ُﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ْ‬
‫اﺷ َ َ‬
‫ﻳﻦ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي؟ أَﻳ َْﻦ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ُﺴﻚِ ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻬَ ﺎ؟«‬ ‫ﳾءٌ وَاﺣِ ﺪٌ! ﻓِ ﻴ َﻢ ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ! َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ َع ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫َ‬
 ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬

‫»ﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑ ُْﻘﻌَ ٍﺔ ِﰲ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ِﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ وَأَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ‪ُ :‬‬ ‫أ َ َﺷﺎ َر ِت اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﳾءٍ ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻣ ْﻠ ًﻘﻰ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﺰ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﻌُ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ِﺳﻮَى ﺗَﻤْ ِﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت دﻳﺘﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳ ُِﺸريُ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬
‫ﻮن ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺎ َل‪.‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻨْﺘَﺠَ ْﺖ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ أَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺮ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﺎن َﻓﻮ َْق ا ْﻟ َﻜﻮْﻣَ ِﺔ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﴚءٍ َﻛﻬَ ﺬَا؟ ﻣَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫ﺎﺳ َﺪ ُة! ﻣَ ﺎذَا د ََﻓﻌَ ﻚِ ِﻟ ْﻠﻘِ ﻴَﺎ ِم ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ ِﺑ َﻐ َﻀ ٍﺐ‪» :‬أﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ني ِﺑﺬَﻟِﻚ؟«‬ ‫ني ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺴﻚِ ؟ ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗَﻌْ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠﻚِ ﺗَ ْﺨ َﻠﻌِ َ‬
‫»ﻻ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أَيﱠ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺲ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﺎﺿﺒ ًَﺔ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق؟« َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﺧﺎ َﻟﺘُﻬَ ﺎ َﻏ ِ‬ ‫اﻹ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ْاﻷَﻧَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ُﱠﺔ! أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻚِ أَيﱡ ﻋَ ْﻘ ٍﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫– »أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ْريُ ِﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪةٍ‪» .‬ﻣَ ِﻦ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﺳﻴَﻨ ْ ِﺰ ُل ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ ِﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ ِ ِﻹﺣْ َﻀ ِﺎر َﻫﺎ؟ َﺳﻴ َْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ُق ﱠ‬
‫ﻄﻠ ِِﻖ ْاﻵ َن!«‬ ‫ﴎ ِع ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ‪ .‬اﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴬ َﻫﺎ ِﱄ ِﺑﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻒ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ! اذْ َﻫﺐْ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﻳَﺎ ﺑﻴﱰ وَأَﺣْ ِ ْ‬ ‫ِﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻧ ْ‬
‫ﻄﺘْ ُﻪ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻇﻨﱠﺘْ ُﻪ دﻳﺘﺎ ﻣُﻤْ ِﻜﻨًﺎ‪ .‬أﻋْ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻃﺎ َع ﺑﻴﱰ ْاﻷﻣْ َﺮ ُﻣ ْﻜ ِﻤ ًﻼ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ َﺔ ِﰲ أ َﻗ ﱠﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫أ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ ََﻀﻌُ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﺟَ ﻴْ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴍ َق وَﺟْ ُﻪ ﺑﻴﱰ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ﺘ ِِﻪ‪ .‬أ َ ْ َ‬‫ﻋُ ﻤْ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻧ َ ِﻈريَ ُ ْ‬
‫َﺻﻠُﻮا‬ ‫َاﱄ ْ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮدِﻫِ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺣَ ﻮ َ‬ ‫ري ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ دﻳﺘﺎ وَﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠُ ْﺰءِ ْاﻷَﺧِ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ ِﺒ َﻊ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎع ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﺨ ِﺮيﱟ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ُﺷﻌَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮخ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱢﺪ ﻳ ََﻘ ُﻊ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻣﻨْﺤَ ﺪ ٍَر َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻛ ُ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ﻴﻼ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧًﺎ ﺟَ ِﻤ ً‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ُر ْؤﻳ ٌَﺔ َﻛ ِﺎﻣ َﻠ ٌﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﻮَادِي أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻤﺴﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ني ﻧَﺤْ َﻮهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎص اﻟﺜ ﱠ َﻼﺛ َ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻮخ َرﺟُ ٌﻞ ﻋَ ﺠُ ﻮ ٌز ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺐُ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ َﺧ ِﺎرجَ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺼ ْ ٍﱪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛُﻮا أَو ًﱠﻻ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫اﻧْﺘَ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة َﺧﺠُ ﻮ َﻟ ًﺔ ِﰲ َﻛﻠِﻤَ ﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ري ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪َ «.‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬ﻣَ َﺴﺎءُ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌَ ًﺔ َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻓﺤَ ًﺔ َ ِ‬ ‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺎﻓﺢَ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل ﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ ِﺑ ُﺨ ُﺸﻮﻧ َ ٍﺔ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌْ ﻨَﻰ َﻫ َﺬا؟« َ‬
‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﺟﺒَﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺜ َ‬
‫ِﻴﻔ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﺤْ ِﺖ ﺣَ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ِﻪ! َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺪ َﱠﻗ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ َر ْﻓ َﻊ ﻧ َ َ‬
‫ِﻴﻔ ُﺔ ْاﻷ َ ْو َر ِ‬
‫اق‪.‬‬ ‫ري ٌة َﻛﺜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣﺘﱠ ِﺼ َﻼ ِن َﻓﻮ َْق أَﻧْﻔِ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ُﺷﺠَ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺎن َﻛﺜ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٌﺔ وَﺣَ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ﻟِﺤْ ﻴ ٌَﺔ َ‬
‫ﺻﺒَﺎﺣً ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﻮز‪» :‬ﻋِ ﻤْ َﺖ َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻫِ َﻲ وَﺑﻴﱰ أَﺧِ ريًا إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬
‫ف ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﺖ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻫﺎ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أ َ ْن َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﴬ ُت َﻟ َﻚ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ ﺗﻮﺑﻴﺎس وَأدﻳﻠﻬﺎﻳﺪ‪َ .‬ﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ْ‬ ‫أَﺣْ َ ْ‬
‫َر ِﺿﻴﻌَ ًﺔ‪«.‬‬
‫اﺧ ُﺮجْ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ وَﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺰ َك!‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪» :‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻼ َﻗﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ؟ وَأَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﻳَﺎ َ‬
‫و َُﺧﺬْ ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺰي ﻣَ ﻌَ َﻚ!«‬

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 ‫ﻣ َُﻘﺎﺑَ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱢﺪ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻬْ ِﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‬‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮز ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﺑﻴﱰ ﻳ ُِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ٌة وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٌة إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ﻧَ ْ‬
‫أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻔﻬَ َﻢ أ ﱠن ﺟَ ﱠﺪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻳ ُِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ُه أ ْن ﻳ َْﺨﺘَﻔِ َﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ أﻣَ ِﺎﻣ ِﻪ‪.‬‬
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‫َات‬‫اﻟﺴﻨَﻮ ِ‬ ‫َاﺟ ِﺒﻲ ِﺑ ِﺮﻋَ ﺎﻳَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ﺧِ َﻼ َل ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﻟﺘَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ﻣَ ﻌَ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻗﻤْ ُﺖ ِﺑﻮ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ‪» :‬اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﺎﺿﻴَ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َْاﻵ َن ﺟَ ﺎءَ َد ْو ُر َك‪«.‬‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْرﺑ َِﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬
‫ﻄﺎﻳَ ُﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ » :‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ و ﱠ َ‬
‫َاﻟﴩ ُر ﻳَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ؟« ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫»ﻫﺬَا ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪َ :‬‬
‫ﻮن ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻔﺘَﻘِ ﺪ َ‬
‫ُون ﻣَ ﻨ َ ِﺎز َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َرﺣِ ﻴﻠ ِﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒُ َﻜﺎءِ وَاﻟﻨﱠﺤِ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺒْﺪَأ ُ اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫وَأُﻣﱠ ﻬَ ﺎﺗ ِِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎذَا ﻳ ُْﻔ َﱰ َُض أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻓﻌَ َﻞ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ِﺋﺬٍ؟!«‬
‫»ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻣ ُْﺸ ِﻜ َﻠﺘُ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﺤَ ﻤﱠ ْﻠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ وَﻫِ َﻲ َر ِﺿﻴﻌَ ٌﺔ ﺗَﺒْﻜِﻲ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎﺗَ ْﺖ وَا ِﻟ َﺪﺗُﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َزﻣْ ﺠَ َﺮ ْت دﻳﺘﺎ‪َ :‬‬
‫ﺻ ُﺔ ِﻷ َ ْن أ َ ْﺧ ُﺮجَ‬ ‫ﺻﻌْ ﺒًﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ أ َ ْن أَﻋْ ﺘَﻨ َِﻲ ِﺑﺄُﻣﱢ ﻲ َو ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ! ْاﻵ َن َﻟﺪَيﱠ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺻ ِﺔ‪ .‬أَﻧ ْ َﺖ أ َ ْﻗ َﺮبُ أ َ َﻗ ِﺎر ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺌُﻮ ُل‬
‫ﻳﺖ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬
‫ﺎﺳﺘ ِْﻘ َﻼ ِﻟﻴﱠﺘِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻮ ُ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْﺷﻌُ َﺮ ِﺑ ْ‬
‫ﳾءٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫َث ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة أَيﱡ َ ْ‬
‫َﺿ ْﻊ ِﰲ اﻋْ ِﺘﺒ َِﺎر َك أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﺳﺘَﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱠ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺌُﻮ ِﻟﻴ َﱠﺔ إِذَا ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻵ َن‪ .‬و َ‬
‫ﻳﻘ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ َ ْﺖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ دﻳﺘﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن ﺗَ ْﺮ َك‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬
‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺤِ ﺐﱠ ﺟَ ﱡﺪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫اج و َُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫َاﻹﺣْ َﺮ ِ‬‫ي و ِْ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ َﻓ ِﻈﻴﻊٌ‪ .‬و ََﺷﻌَ َﺮ ْت ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺨِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻮز َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٍة َﻛﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ﻣَ َﻊ َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠ ٍﺔ َ‬
‫ﻄ ُﺮد َُﻫﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِ ِﻪ‪.‬‬‫ﻳَ ْ‬
‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر ْت َ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﻔِ ٍﻊ‪َ » :‬ودَاﻋً ﺎ َﻟ َﻚ إِذَ ْن‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻚِ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ْ «.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﺑ َ‬
‫ي ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺑَﺪَأ ْت ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ْﺮ ِ‬
‫َاب وَاﻟﻨﱠﻮَاﻓِ ِﺬ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻔﺘُﻮﺣَ ِﺔ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ‬ ‫ني أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ْاﻷَﺑْﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ ِﺠري َِان ا ْﻟﻮَاﻗِ ﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺤَ ِ‬ ‫َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ َ‬
‫ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻣَ ِﺎﻣ ِﻬ ْﻢ و َُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺄَﻟُﻮﻧَﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬أَﻳ َْﻦ اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ؟ أَﻳ َْﻦ ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ؟«‬
‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﻮز َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﺤَ َﺖ َﻓﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ اﻟ ﱠﺮدﱠ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﺘْﻬَ ﺎ وَﺣْ ﺪ ََﻫﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ َرﺟُ ٍﻞ ﻋَ ﺠُ ٍ‬
‫اﻟﱰدﱡدِ ِﰲ أُذُﻧَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ أَﺑَﺪًا؟‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺤَ ﺎﺗُﻬُ ْﻢ ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻒ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ‪َ .‬ﻫ ْﻞ َﺳﺘَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮن أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟ ِﻄ ً‬‫ﻳَﻌْ َﻠﻤ َ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬

‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺒ ْﻴ ِ‬
‫ﺖ َﻣ َﻊ ْ َ‬
‫اﳉ ﱢﺪ‬

‫ُﺼ ِﺪ َر‬‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ‬‫اﺧﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ﺎ َد اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ْﻘﻌَ ِﺪهِ‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺪ َﱠق ِﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض د َ‬ ‫ِﺑﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد أ َ ِن ْ‬
‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻜ َﺸ َﻔ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﻟﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳﺪِ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٍْت‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻤْ ِﺘ ُﻊ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫أَيﱠ َ‬
‫ﻆ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺰ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜﺎ ُن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗُﺤْ َﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻮخ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َت ﺣَ ِﻈريَ ًة ﻣَ ﺒْﻨِﻴ ًﱠﺔ ِﰲ ﻣ َُﻘﺎ ِﺑ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ وَﺟَ ﺪ ْ‬
‫ﻮخ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨ َ ْﻮﺑ َِﺮ َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ ﺑَﺤْ ﺜِﻬَ ﺎ َوو َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻓ ِﺎر ًﻏﺎ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬
‫وع ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﺗﱠﺠَ ﻬَ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ًة إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‪ .‬و ََﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي أَﻣَ ﺎ َم‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ﱢﻔ ُﺮ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺎح ﺗُ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﻌَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﻮز َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ْﻞ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﺳﻮَى أ َ ْن أ َ َﺧﺬَ ْت ﺗُﺤَ ﺪ ُﱢق ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ر َﻓ َﻊ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬
‫ﻂءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬
‫ِﻳﻦ؟«‬‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ َذا ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ َ‬
‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ َرى ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ َل ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ‪«.‬‬
‫»ﻫﻠُﻤﱢ ﻲ إِذَ ْن!« َوﻧَﻬَ َﺾ وَﻣَ َﴙ ِﺑﺎﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬
‫ﻮخ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ‪َ :‬‬
‫ﴏ َة ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺴﻚِ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻚِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﴬي ُ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬أَﺣْ ِ ِ‬
‫»ﻻ أ ُ ِرﻳﺪ َُﻫﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْاﻵ َن‪«.‬‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ أَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﺘْﻪُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َو ِﺑ ُ ْ‬
‫ﺎن‬‫ني و َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﱪ َُﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠﺘْ ُﻪ ُر ْؤﻳ َُﺔ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﺪﱠا ِﻛﻨَﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ِﻟﻴَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ْف ﺗَ َﺮاهُ؛ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ إِﺟَ ﺎﺑَﺘ ِِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻹﺛَﺎ َر ِة ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ْ ِ‬
‫وَأَﺧِ ريًا َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا َﻻ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪِﻳﻨَﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْاﻵ َن؟«‬
‫ﻴﻔ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬‫»ﻷَﻧﱢﻲ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ْر ُﻛ َﺾ ِﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ﺎءِ َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ ِﺑﺄ َ ْرﺟُ ﻠِﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻓِﻴﻌَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻔِ َ‬ ‫– ِ‬
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‫ﴬﻳﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ أﻳﱠ ِﺔ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ ﻓِ ﻌْ ُﻞ َذﻟِﻚ إ ِ َذا أﺣْ ﺒَﺒ ِْﺖ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ أﺣْ ِ ِ‬
‫ﺎل‪َ .‬ﺳﻨ َ َﻀﻌُ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺨِ َﺰاﻧ َ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ٍ‬
 ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬

‫َت‬ ‫َﺧ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َو َراءَهُ‪ .‬وَﺟَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒَ ُﻪ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺘَﺢَ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ َود َ‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻣَ ﺎ َ‬
‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻮخ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻛﻤَ ﻠ ِِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ ْاﻷَو ِﱠل ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ٍﺐ‪َ ،‬ﻫﻴْﻤَ ﻨ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ات ﺣَ ﺠْ ٍﻢ ُﻣﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ٍﺔ ذَ ِ‬
‫اش ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱢﺪ َﻗﺎ ِﺑﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ ُر ْﻛ ٍﻦ‪ .‬و َِﰲ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻛ ِﻦ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﻣﺪ َْﻓﺄ َ ٌة و ََﻏ ﱠﻼﻳ ٌَﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٌة ﻣُﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻘ ٌﺔ َﻓﻮ َْﻗﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻓِ َﺮ ُ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ﺑَﺎبٌ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎﺋ ِِﻂ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ﻫِ َﻲ ا ْﻟﺨِ َﺰاﻧ َ ُﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓﺘَﺤَ ﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪﱡ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴﺪِ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬
‫َﺧ ٌﻦ وَﺟُ ﺒْ ٌﻦ‪َ .‬ر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ‬ ‫َﺎق‪َ ،‬و َﻟﺤْ ٌﻢ ُﻣﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻛﻮَابٌ ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬
‫ﻃﺒ ٌ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ِﺑﺪَاﺧِ ﻠِﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ُﺴﻪُ‪ ،‬و ََﻓﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻒ أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ‬ ‫ﴎ ِع ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬د ََﻓﻌَ ﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﴏ َة ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ف َود ََﻓﻌَ ْﺖ ُ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ﱢ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت ِﺑﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ ِﰲ أ َ ْرﺟَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ و ََﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ‪:‬‬ ‫ﻮر ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫َت أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻀﻤَ َﻦ ﻋَ َﺪ َم ا ْﻟﻌُ ﺜ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‪ .‬أ َ َراد ْ‬
‫»أَﻳ َْﻦ َﺳﺄَﻧَﺎ ُم ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي؟«‬
‫ني‪«.‬‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬أَﻳْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﺗُﺤِ ﺒﱢ َ‬
‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬﺠَ ًﺔ َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا ِﰲ ﺗَ َﻔ ﱡﻘ ِﺪ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ُر ْﻛ ٍﻦ َو َز ِاوﻳَ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎﺋ ِِﻂ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ‬
‫ري‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫َت ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﺨ َﺰ ِن ِﺗﺒ ٍْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬رأ َ ْت ُﺳ ﱠﻠﻤً ﺎ َﻗ ِﺼريًا‪ .‬ﺗَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋْ َﲆ َووَﺟَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﴎ ِ‬ ‫َ ِ‬
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‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك أﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ﻧَﺎﻓِ َﺬ ٌة ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺪِﻳ َﺮ ٌة‬ ‫ﻃﻴ ِﱢﺐ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋِﺤَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ري ٌة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱢﺒ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﻛﻮْﻣَ ٌﺔ َﻛ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٌة ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎﺋ ِِﻂ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﺻﻌَ ْﺪ ﻟ َِﱰَى َﻛ ْﻢ ُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫»ﺳﺄﻧَﺎ ُم ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ْاﻷﻋْ َﲆ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪ .‬ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜﺎ ُن ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ٌﻞ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ٌﻞ!«‬
‫ﳾءٍ ﻋَ ﻨْﻪُ!«‬ ‫ف ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ ‪» :‬أُوه‪ ،‬أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﳾ ْاﻵ َن‪َ .‬ﺳﺄَﺣْ ﺘَﺎجُ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣ َُﻼءَةٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﺳﺄ ُ َرﺗﱢﺐُ ﻓِ َﺮ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪َ :‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪َ «.‬وذَ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺨِ َﺰاﻧ َ ِﺔ وَﻗ َﴣ ِﺑ ْﻀ َﻊ دَﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ ﻳَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺧ َﺮجَ‬
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‫ﺼﻠُﺢَ ﻣ َُﻼءَ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﺧ ِﺸﻨ َ ٍﺔ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﺎش َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ِﺔ ُﻗﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻘ ْ‬
‫ﺎش َﻓﻮ َْق‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ َﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﻤَ ِ‬‫اش ﻟ ِِﻄ ْﻔ ٍﻞ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻓ َﺮدَا ﻗِ ْ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ اﻟﺘﱢﺒ ِْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ْﻜ ِﻞ ﻓِ َﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺸﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻤ َﻞ ِاﻻﺛْﻨ َ ِ‬
‫َت ُﻣ َﺮﺗﱠﺒ ًَﺔ َوﻣ ُِﺮﻳﺤَ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮَاﻧ ِِﺐ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱢﺒ ِْﻦ َود ﱠَﺳ َ‬
‫ﻳﺢ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءِ‪ «.‬وَاﺑْﺘَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ِﺳﻮَى ا ْﻟﻐِ َ‬
‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳﺪِ‪.‬‬
‫ﺿ ْﺨ ٌﻢ و ََﺳ ِﻤﻴ ٌﻚ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ٍﺔ وَﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ِﺟﻮَا ٌل َ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺮ َك ﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨ َﺰ َن وَﻋَ ﺎ َد ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ دَﻗِ َ‬
‫»ﻫﺬَا َﺳﻴَﻔِﻲ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ ِض‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل‪َ :‬‬
‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ‬ ‫اش ِﺑﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَا دَاﻓِ ﺌًﺎ َوﻣ ُِﺮﻳﺤً ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ ﱠن ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻓ َﺮ َﺷﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻮَا َل َﻓﻮ َْق ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِ‬
‫َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ‪.‬‬

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‫ْﺧ َﻞ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا‪«.‬‬‫اش َراﺋِﻌً ﺎ! أَﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ َﻟ ْﻮ ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ َﻛ ْﻲ أَد ُ‬ ‫– »ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ُ‬
‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ‪» :‬أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺄ ْ ُﻛ َﻞ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ أَو ًﱠﻻ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺎ َرأْﻳُﻚِ ؟«‬
‫آﺧ َﺮ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِِﻦ ْاﻵ َن َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ْت أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َ‬ ‫اش‪ ،‬ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﺧِ َﻀ ﱢﻢ إِﺛَﺎ َر ِة إِﻋْ ﺪَادِ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِ‬
‫ﺟَ ﺎﺋِﻌَ ٌﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪.‬‬
‫ِﻴﺐ ﺣَ ِﻈريَ ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ‪َ .‬ر َاﻗﺒَﺘْ ُﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬ ‫ِﱰﺗ ِ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪَاءُ‪ ،‬ذَ َﻫﺐَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ﻟ َ ْ‬
‫و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﻜﻨ ُ ُﺴﻬَ ﺎ َوﻳ ََﻀ ُﻊ َﻗ ٍّﺸﺎ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪًا ِﻟﺘَﻨَﺎ َم ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺰ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻟﻌِ ﺒ َْﺖ ِﰲ ﺣِ ْﻀ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ أَدﱠى‬
‫اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز أَﻋْ ﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِﻣﻴ َﱠﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ﺺ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎءِ ِﺑ َﺴﻌَ ﺎ َدةٍ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَ ْﻘﻔِ ُﺰ َوﺗَ ْﺮ ُﻗ ُ‬
‫ﺻﻔِ ريًا ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴًﺎ‪َ .‬ر َاﻗﺒ َْﺖ ﻫِ َﻲ وَﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺰ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﺰ ُل َوﺛْﺒًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﻤَ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحَ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َﻓ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم ِﻟﺘَﺤِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ أ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻧ ْ َ‬
‫ِﻒ‬‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﺤِ ﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ :‬وَاﺣِ ٌﺪ أَﺑْﻴ َُﺾ َووَاﺣِ ٌﺪ ﺑُﻨ ﱢ ﱞﻲ‪ ،‬إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫َو َر َﻛ َﺾ اﺛْﻨ َ ِ‬
‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪﱡ‪.‬‬
‫ﺎن ِﻣ ْﻠ ُﻜﻨَﺎ؟«‬ ‫ان َﻟﻨَﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي؟ َﻫ ْﻞ ِاﻻﺛْﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َﻫﺬَ ِ‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻜ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي و ََﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ْت ِﰲ ﻣَ َﺮ ٍح َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ‪ ،‬و َْاﻵ َن َﺳﺎﻋِ ﺪِﻳﻨِﻲ‬ ‫اﺳ ُﻤ ُﻪ اﻟﺪﱡبﱡ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﻤُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﺠَ ﻌَ ُﺔ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة وَا ْﻟﺒُﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ْ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎبَ ‪» :‬ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺎءُ ْ‬
‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﺋِﻌَ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎ ِم َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ إ ِ ْ‬
‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻣﺘَ َﺸﻮ َﱢﻗ ًﺔ‬ ‫ْﺧﺎﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ﻟِﻠﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻧْﻬَ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﺸﺎء ََﻫﺎ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ِﺎﻣﻬَ ﺎ َوإِد َ‬ ‫َت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫َﺳﺎﻋَ ﺪ ْ‬
‫ﺎدِئ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ‬
‫ﻴﻖ َﻫ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ُق ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻮ ٍم ﻋَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫اﺷﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳﺪِ‪ْ ُ .‬‬ ‫ِﻟﺘَﺠْ ِﺮﺑَ ِﺔ ﻓِ َﺮ ِ‬
‫ﻮخ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺒﻴ َﱠﺔ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َﺎح ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻮﻳﱠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻬُ ﺐﱡ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج َﻓﺘَﺠْ ﻌَ ُﻞ أ ْﻟﻮَاحَ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫ف َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫َاب‬ ‫وع ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر ِﻣ ْﻦ ِاﻻ ْﻗ ِﱰ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ َﺔ ِﻻﻧْﻜ َِﺴ ِﺎر ُﻓ ُﺮ ِ‬‫َات ا ْﻟﻤُﺨِ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫ﴫ َﻏ َﻀﺒًﺎ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﻨَﻌَ ْﺖ أَﺣْ َﻼﻣُﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﱧ َوﺗَ ِ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺗَ ِ ﱡ‬
‫ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ‪ «.‬ا ْرﺗَ َﻘﻰ ﱡ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻢ‬ ‫ﺎف اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫»ﺳﺘَ َﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﻆ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز و ََﻫﻤَ َﺲ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪َ :‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬
‫ﺼ ِﻒ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ ْ‬ ‫ِﰲ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َ‬
‫اش ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ ِﺑﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ ﻓِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨ َﺰ ِن َوو ََﻗ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎ َع أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮى وَﺟْ َﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة اﻟﻨﱠﺎﺋِﻤَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﻮءِ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻤَ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﻓِ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺒ ﱢَﻘﻲ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫وَﻋَ َﲆ َ‬
‫ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﻤﻴﻚِ ُﻣﺘَ َﻮ ﱢر َد َة ا ْﻟﻮَﺟْ ﻨَﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻮن ﻋَ َﲆ ذِ َراﻋِ ﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬وﺗُ ْﺴ ِﻨ ُﺪ َرأ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ُﺳ ُﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻠﻘِ ﻲ ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ ا ْﻟﻐِ َ‬
‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٌة ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺴ ُﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة ا ْﻟﻤُﻤْ ﺘَ ِﻠﺌَ ِﺔ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ا ْﻟﻮَاﻗِ ِﻊ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ٌﺔ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬

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‫اﺧﺘَ َﻔﻰ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻤَ ُﺮ َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬

‫ﻒ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ﻳَﺘَﺄَﻣﱠ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪ .‬و ََﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻒ ﺣُ ْﻠ ٍﻢ ﺟَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫ِﰲ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َ‬
‫ﺎب َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘَﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫اﻟﺴﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬

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‫ِﰲ ْ‬
‫اﳋَﺎ ِر ِج َﻣ َﻊ ا ْﳌ َ ْﻌ ِﺰ‬

‫ﻈ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ِﺑﺎﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ٍﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑ َﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ٍة ﺑَﺎﻟ َِﻐ ٍﺔ ِﰲ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱢ َﺴ ًﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺑَﻴْﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳﺪِ‪ .‬ﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ ْت ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َرأﺗْﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ﱠ‬
‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ َو َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ِﺑ َﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ٍة ﻟ َِﺴﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫اش ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪َ .‬ﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ْت ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِ‬
‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒ ًَﺔ‪ .‬و َِﰲ ﺧِ َﻼ ِل‬ ‫اﻏﺘَ َﺴ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي و ََﻫﻨْﺪَﻣَ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﻬﱠ َﺰ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ وَﺟْ ﺒ ًَﺔ َ‬ ‫ْت ﺑﻴﱰ‪ .‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫دَﻗﺎﺋِﻖ َﻛﺎﻧ ْﺖ ِﰲ اﻟﺨ ِﺎر ِج ِﰲ ﺣِ ﻀ ِﻦ اﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﻣَ َﻊ اﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻄﺎﻧِﻲ ﺟَ ﺪﱡكِ أَو َِاﻣ َﺮ ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺮ َاﻗﺒَﺘِﻚِ !«‬ ‫ﺎﱄ ْ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪» :‬ﺗَﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﻴﱰ ﻟِﻬﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑ َ‬
‫ِريﻳﺢَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺰ‪ .‬ﺗَ َﻔ ﱠﻘ َﺪ ﺑﻴﱰ‬ ‫ري ﻟ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺄ َ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ َوﺗَ ِﺒﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﺑْ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﻋَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫أَ َ‬
‫َﻗ ِﻄﻴﻌَ ُﻪ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧَﺎ َم ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض اﻟﺪﱠاﻓِ ﺌَ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑﺠَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ َﴏ َ‬
‫ْﺧ ًﺔ ُﻣ َﺪ ﱢوﻳ ًَﺔ‬
‫ﻃﺎﺋ ٍِﺮ َرأَﺗْ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﱪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَيﱢ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ْﻛ َ َ‬
‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎﱃ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﻮﻗِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ر َﻓﻌَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َو َرأ َ ْت َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَﻌَ َ‬
‫َاﺳﻌَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬‫ﺎت و ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﻔ ِﺮ ُد ﺟَ ﻨَﺎﺣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَﻳ ِْﻦ َوﻳَﺪُو ُر ِﰲ ﺣَ َﻠ َﻘ ٍ‬ ‫َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ!« َ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ! اﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫ري! اﻧ ْ ُ‬‫ﻄﺎﺋ ِِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻆ! اﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ ْ‬
‫»ﺑﻴﱰ‪ ،‬ﺑﻴﱰ‪ْ ،‬‬
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‫ﻄﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﺧﺘَﻔﻰ َو َراءَ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﻤَ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻆ ﺑﻴﱰ َو َراﻗﺒَﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬إ ِ َﱃ أَﻳ َْﻦ ذَ َﻫﺐَ ؟«‬
‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﻴﱰ‪» :‬إ ِ َﱃ ﻋُ ﱢﺸ ِﻪ‪«.‬‬
‫»ﻫﻴﱠﺎ ﻧَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘ ِِﻪ!«‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑ َﻔ َﺮ ٍح‪َ :‬‬
‫ﺎع‪ .‬اﺑ َْﻘ ْﻲ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫»ﻻ! ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺰ َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺴ ﱡﻠ ُﻖ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا ِاﻻ ْرﺗ َِﻔ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﻴﱰ ِﺑﺤَ ْﺰ ٍم‪َ :‬‬
‫أَذْ َﻫﺐُ أَﻧَﺎ ِ ِﻹﺣْ َﻀ ِﺎر ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪَاءِ‪«.‬‬
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‫َت أ َ ْن‬‫ﻂ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺰ ﺗَ ْﻠﻌَ ﺐُ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ وَأ َ َراد ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺟَ ِﺒﻴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﻟﺜَﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ٍﺔ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫َﻗ ﱠ‬
‫ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻀ ﱠﻢ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﱪﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻟِﺒﻴﱰ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ ََﻀ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒْ َﺰ وَا ْﻟﺠُ ﺒ َْﻦ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬أ َ ْﺧ ِ ْ‬
‫ري ِه ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ‪ِ .‬ﻟﺬَﻟِﻚ ﺗَﺠْ ِﺮي‬ ‫ﻄﺢَ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ون ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَ ِة ُﻫ َﻮ ﺗﻮرك‪ .‬دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫– »ذُو ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ُﺮ ِ‬
‫ﻈﻤُﻬَ ﺎ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺮا ُه َﻗﺎدِ ﻣً ﺎ‪ .‬ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ُة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ﻫِ َﻲ ﺟﺮﻳﻨﻔﻴﻨﺶ‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ َﺰ ُة ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة‬ ‫ﻣُﻌْ َ‬
‫اﻫﺎ وَﻫِ َﻲ َﻗﺎدِ ﻣَ ٌﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﴎﻳﻌَ ٌﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ ﱠن ﺗﻮرك َﻏﺎ ِﻟﺒًﺎ َﻻ ﻳَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ُﺷﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ٌﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا و َ ِ‬
‫ﻒ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ‪ .‬ﺗَ ِﺒﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬ ‫َﻫﺐﱠ ﺑﻴﱰ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة وَاﻗِ ًﻔﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ َو َر َﻛ َﺾ َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬
‫ني ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ُﻣﺘَﻮَﺟﱢ ﻬَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ِع ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬اﻧْﺪ ََﻓﻌَ ﺎ و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺄ َ ْ َ‬
‫َﺻ َﻞ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﺑﻴﱰ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺟﺮﻳﻨﻔﻴﻨﺶ ﺗَ ْﻘﻔِ ُﺰ ِﰲ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي و َ‬
‫ﻮﺟﺌَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ َﺰ ُة‬ ‫ني‪ُ .‬ﻓ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﺨ ِﺮيﱢ ‪ .‬أ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ﺑﻴﱰ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ وَأَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ أَﺣَ َﺪ ِرﺟْ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠﻔِ ﻴﱠﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْﺤَ ﺪ َِر ﱠ‬
‫ات ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ ﱠن ﺑﻴﱰ‬ ‫ﺺ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَ ِﺪ ِه ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﺗَﺜ ْ ُﻐﻮ ِﺑ َﻐ َﻀ ٍﺐ‪ .‬وَﺣَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ َر َوﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َ‬
‫ﻄ ﱠﺮ ِﻟ ُﻤﻨَﺎدَا ِة ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻟ ْﻠﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪةِ‪.‬‬ ‫اﺿ ُ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﻄ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ﺪ َِق ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱟﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑﻴﱰ وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ َﺰةِ‪،‬‬ ‫َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ُﻣﺘﱠ ِﺠﻬَ ًﺔ ِﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر‪َ .‬رأ َ ِت ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬
‫َﺿﻌَ ﺘْﻬَ ﺎ أَﻣَ ﺎ َم أَﻧ ْ ِﻒ ﺟﺮﻳﻨﻔﻴﻨﺶ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ِﺮ ﺣُ ْﻠ ِﻮ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋِﺤَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وو َ‬ ‫اق ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻌْ ًﻀﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ ْو َر ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺠَ ﻤَ ﻌَ ْﺖ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬
‫ﴪ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮي ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴ ُﻘ ِﻄﻲ َﻓﺘُ ْﻜ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎﱄ ْ ﻳَﺎ ﺟﺮﻳﻨﻔﻴﻨﺶ! ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮﻧِﻲ ﻣ َُﺸﺎﻏِ ﺒ ًَﺔ! اﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫و ََﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬ﺗَﻌَ َ‬
‫َﺳ ُﺎﻗﻚِ ‪«.‬‬
‫ﻒ‬ ‫اق ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَ ِﺪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ِ .‬ﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ و ََﻗ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻛ ُﻞ ْاﻷ َ ْو َر َ‬‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر ِت ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ َﺰ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﻄﻮ ِْق ﺣَ ْﻮ َل َر َﻗﺒَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻜ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ‬ ‫ﺑﻴﱰ وَأَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ِﺑﺠﺮﻳﻨﻔﻴﻨﺶ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻴﻊ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻛ ُﻞ ِﺑ َﺴ َﻼ ٍم‪.‬‬
‫ﺎن ﺑَ ِﻘﻴ ُﱠﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِﺎر َد َة ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎ َة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِﺔ‪ .‬و ََﻗﺎدَا ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬‫اﻟ ﱠ‬
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‫ﺼﺎ ُه‬ ‫ﻴﺦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ َﺰةِ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺮ َﻓ َﻊ ﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻀﻴﱢ ْﻊ ﺑﻴﱰ أيﱠ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﻮ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻵ َن و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﺎدُوا إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ِ‬
‫»ﻻ َﻻ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ ﺑﻴﱰ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺧ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺎب َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﴫ َ‬ ‫ﴐﺑ ًَﺔ َﻗ ِﻮﻳ ًﱠﺔ َﻛﻌِ َﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ َ ْ‬ ‫و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َِﺼﻴﺢُ ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ِﺎزﻣً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ إِﻋْ َ‬
‫ﻈ ْﺮ َﻛ ْﻢ ﻫِ َﻲ ﻣَ ﺬْﻋُ ﻮ َر ٌة!«‬ ‫ﴬﺑَﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬اﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫َﺿﻌَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ َ ِ‬
‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ُه ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫َزﻣْ ﺠَ َﺮ ﺑﻴﱰ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺤَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ ِﻟﺬَﻟِﻚ‪َ «.‬و َر َﻓ َﻊ ﻋَ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱢﻲ وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ َﺰةِ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱡﻖ ِﻟ َﻠﻤْ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﺳﺘُ ْﺆذِﻳﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬اﺗْ ُﺮ ْﻛﻬَ ﺎ و ََﺷﺄْﻧَﻬَ ﺎ!«‬ ‫ﺑْ َ‬
‫َني ﱠ‬

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 ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ‬

‫ﻈ َﻢ‬‫ﻄﺘْ ُﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻣُﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒ ٌَﺔ‪ .‬أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ‪َ .‬ﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ َﻛ ْﻢ ﻫِ َﻲ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﺑﻴﱰ ِﺑﺪ َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬
‫ﻴﻒ َﻛﻬَ ﺬَا‬ ‫ﴚءٍ َﻟ ِﻄ ٍ‬ ‫َت أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ﺟَ ﺎﺋِﻌً ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻘ ْﻢ أَيﱡ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ اﻋْ ﺘَ َﻘﺪ ْ‬‫َﻏﺪَاﺋِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْ‬
‫ﺼﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻊ‪ .‬أَﻧ ْ َﺰ َل ﺑﻴﱰ ا ْﻟﻌَ َ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﻄ ِ‬‫َان َﻏ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻂ‪ .‬و َْاﻵ َن ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ إِﻋْ َﻔﺎءَ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ﻠ ِِﻪ َﻗ ﱡ‬
‫ﺎن َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺑ ًﺴﺎ‬ ‫ﻄﻴْ ِﺘﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ﺒْﻨِﻚِ َﻏﺪًا‪َ «.‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫»ﺳﺄَﺗْ ُﺮ ُﻛﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺬ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ ْن أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫و ََﻗﺎ َل‪َ :‬‬
‫ِﺑ َﺴﺒ َِﺐ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺰ ِع ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﺳﺒﱠﺒَﺘْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎﻋِ َﺰ ُة َﻟﻪُ‪.‬‬
‫ﻄﻌَ ًﺔ‬‫»ﺳﺘَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُ ُه ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻏﺪًا َو ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪َ .‬ﻻ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪهُ‪ .‬و ََﺳﺄُﻋْ ِﻄﻴ َﻚ ُﺧﺒْ ًﺰا أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪ ،‬ﻗِ ْ‬ ‫ﱠت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ :‬‬ ‫َرد ْ‬
‫ﴬبَ ﺟﺮﻳﻨﻔﻴﻨﺶ أ َ ْو أَﻳٍّﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة َﻛﺎ ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ َﺧﺬْﺗَﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌِ َﺪﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺄَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى أَﺑَﺪًا‪«.‬‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ ﺘَ ِﺰ ُم ِﺑﺤَ ﱟﻖ ِاﻻ ْﻟ ِﺘ َﺰا َم ِﺑ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ﺘ ِِﻪ‪.‬‬‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﻴﱰ‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴ ٌﻦ‪ ،‬اﺗﱠ َﻔ ْﻘﻨَﺎ‪َ «.‬وﺑَﺪَا أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﻰ َﻛ َ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ‬

‫اﳉ ﱠﺪ ِة‬
‫ِز َﻳ َﺎر ُة ْ َ‬

‫ﻮر‬‫اﻟﺼ ُﺨ ِ‬ ‫َني ﱡ‬ ‫وج َوﺑ ْ َ‬‫ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﴤ و َْﻗﺘَﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ ﺑﻴﱰ‪ .‬ذَ َﻫﺒَﺎ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬
‫ﻃ َﻠﺐَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي أ َ ْن ﺗَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪،‬‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﻮ ﺑ َِﺎردًا ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫و َْاﻷ َ ْز َﻫ ِﺎر‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬
‫ﺿ ِﺎﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻹ َ‬‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ َم ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻔﺘَﻘِ ِﺪ اﻟ ﱠ‬‫ﺎﺳ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ْت ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﺑﻴﱰ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ َ‬
‫ﺎن َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻣ ُْﺸﻜ َِﻼ ٌت أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ُﺮ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪَاءِ َﻓﺤَ ْﺴﺐُ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﱠف ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧَﺤْ ٍﻮ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ِﰲ وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد ﻫﺎﻳﺪي اﻟ ﱠﻠ ِﻄ َ‬
‫ﻴﻔ ِﺔ ِ ِﻹ ْر َﺷﺎدِ َﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎت ﺗَﺘَ َﴫ ُ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَا أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧ َ ِ‬
‫ﺎن َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﻫ َﻮ و َْﻗ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﻮ ﺑ َِﺎردًا ِﺟﺪٍّا‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ ﺑﻴﱰ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺰ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬
‫اﺳﺘ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﺑﻴﱰ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻣُﻮ َﻟﻌً ﺎ‬ ‫َذ َﻫﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ‪ .‬أَﺣَ ﺒ ْﱠﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ أ َ ْﺳ ِﺌ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻋَ ْﻦ دِ َر َ‬
‫ات ﻣَ َﺴﺎءٍ‪،‬‬ ‫ري ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ ﺒﱢ ِﻪ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ‪َ .‬وذَ َ‬ ‫اع ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ِﺑ ِﺈﺟَ ﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎةِ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أﺣَ ﺐﱠ ﻋَ ﻤَ َﻠ ُﻪ َﻛ َﺮ ٍ‬
‫اﻹﺟَ ﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْﺳ ِﺌ َﻠﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﻄﻰ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِر َﺳﺎ َﻟ ًﺔ ﺑَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ َﻦ ْ ِ‬ ‫أَﻋْ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ‪» :‬أ َ ْر َﺳ َﻠ ْﺖ َﻟﻚِ ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ ِر َﺳﺎ َﻟ ًﺔ و ََﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﻮ ﱡد أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄْﺗِﻲ ﻟ ِِﺰﻳَﺎ َرﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬
‫َﻗﺎ َل ﱠ‬
‫ﺎب ﻟ ِِﺰﻳَﺎ َر ِة أَﺣَ ٍﺪ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ .‬وَﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺪ ِ‬
‫َار ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ُة اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِ‬
‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺴ َﻠ َﻢ أَﺧِ ريًا ِﻟ َﺮ ْﻏﺒَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬‫ﺎب ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ْزﻋَ ﺠَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﺣَ ْﻮ َل اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِ‬
‫ﻒ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﻤﻴ َﻚ ِﻟﻴَﻠُ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺻﻌِ َﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ْﺨ َﺰ ِن اﻟﺘﱢﺒ ِْﻦ وَأَﻧ ْ َﺰ َل ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻮَا َل ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َم ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺎو َﻟ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻌُ ﻮ ِد إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ َة ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ذَ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﻈريَ ِة و ََﺧ َﺮجَ ﻳ َْﺴﺤَ ﺐُ ِﻣ ْﺰ َﻟﺠَ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة‪ .‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﱡ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة ﱠ‬
‫ﻄﺎﺋ ٍِﺮ ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﻠ ُﻖ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺢ ِﰲ ﺣِ ﺠْ ِﺮهِ‪ .‬وَاﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺿ ٍﻊ ﻣ ُِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ري َة ِﰲ و ْ‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ َ‬ ‫ﳼ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟﺠَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ُﻛ ْﺮ ِ ﱢ‬
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‫ﻮخ ﺑﻴﱰ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮن د ََﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َﻔﺎ أﻣَ ﺎ َم ُﻛ ِ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬‫ِﺑ َﺮ َﺷ َﺎﻗ ٍﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ‪ .‬و َِﰲ ُﻏ ُ‬
 ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬

‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌُ ﻮدِي‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠ ِﺖ ْاﻵ َن‪ .‬اذْ َﻫ ِﺒﻲ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺒْﺪَأ ُ ﺣُ ﻠُﻮ ُل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻫﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ و َ‬ ‫– َ‬
‫َﺻﻌِ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَ َﻞ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺎﺣِ ﺒًﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟﺠَ َﺔ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻪُ‪.‬‬
‫ﺎل‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﻬَ ﺎ و َ‬‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﺪ َْﻓﺄ ٌةَ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ﱠ‬
‫ﻈﻠِﻤَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻮخ َود َ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﺤَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺑَﺎبَ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬
‫ﻈﻬْ ِﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﻘ ﱡﺪ ِم ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤْ ِﺮ‪.‬‬‫ﻄﺒ َِﺦ‪ .‬و َِﰲ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﻛ ِﻦ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪ ٌة ﻋَ ﺠُ ﻮ ٌز‪ُ ،‬ﻣﻨْﺤَ ِﻨﻴ َُﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َت َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬‫َوﺑَﺪ ْ‬
‫ري‪َ .‬ﺳﺎ َر ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻧَﺤْ ﻮ ََﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘ ِْﺨﺪَا ِم ِﻣ ْﻐ َﺰ ٍل َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬‫ﻮف َﻓﺘُﺤَ ﱢﻮﻟُ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ َﺧﻴ ٍْﻂ ِﺑ ْ‬‫اﻟﺼ َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﻐ ِﺰ ُل ﱡ‬
‫ﻇﻨَﻨ ْ ِﺖ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أ َ ِﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ أَﺑَﺪًا؟«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬ﻳَ ْﻮ ٌم َﺳﻌِ ﻴ ٌﺪ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﺗَﻴ ُْﺖ أَﺧِ ريًا‪َ .‬ﻫ ْﻞ َ‬
‫»ﻫ ْﻞ‬‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ‪َ .‬‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻴَ ِﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻣَ ﱠﺪﺗْﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز َرأ ْ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺴ َﺴ ْﺖ َ‬
‫َر َﻓﻌَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫ﻴﺶ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي؟«‬ ‫أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﻌِ ُ‬
‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ ،‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧ َ َﺰ ْﻟ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺰ َﻟﺠَ ِﺔ ﻣَ َﻊ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪«.‬‬
‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ﻂ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﰲ ُر ْﻛ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز اﺑْﻨَﺘَﻬَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺨِ ﻴ ُ‬
‫ْﻒ ﺗَﺒْﺪُو ﻳَﺎ ﺑﺮﻳﺠﻴﺘﺎ؟«‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺟﺪٍّا! َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﻘﻮ ٌل؟ ﻳَﺪَاكِ دَاﻓِ ﺌَﺘَ ِ‬
‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٌة ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أُﻣﱡ ﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَأَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫ﺻ َﻐ ُﺮ ِﺳﻨٍّﺎ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻓﺘَﺎ ٌة َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة ْاﻷ َ ْ‬
‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒَ ٍﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا!«‬‫ﺎل َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺪ َﱠﻫﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ﺘَﻨِﻲ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ! َﻓ ِﻬ َﻲ ﺗَﺒْﺪُو ِﺑﺤَ ٍ‬
‫أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَاﻗِ َﻔ ًﺔ ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺘَﺠَ ﱠﻮ ُل ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ‪،‬‬
‫ﻳﻊ اﻟﻨﱠﻮَاﻓِ ِﺬ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺎر ِ‬‫ﺎﻫﺘِﻤَ ﺎ ٍم إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و ََﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة َﻫﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ‪» :‬ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ‪ ،‬وَاﺣِ ٌﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫َوﺗَﻨ ْ ُ‬
‫ْﻒ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ِﻤ ﱞﺮ‬ ‫ُﺼﻠِﺤُ ُﻪ َﻟﻚِ ‪ .‬أَﺗَ َﺮﻳ َْﻦ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﺿﺎءَ‪َ .‬ﺳﻴَﺄْﺗِﻲ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي َوﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﺿﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُك ذَ َﻫﺎﺑًﺎ َوإِﻳَﺎﺑًﺎ ﻣُﺤْ ِﺪﺛًﺎ َ‬
‫ﻴﺠ ِﻪ؟«‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ َ‬
‫»ﻃ ْﻔ َﻠﺘِﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ َة‪َ ،‬ﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن أ َ َرى َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ ْنَ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪ِ :‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫ﴏﻳ ٌﺮ و ََﺧ ْﺸ َﺨ َﺸ ٌﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﻊَ‪ .‬ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ﻋُ ﻴُﻮبٌ َﻛ ِﺜريَ ٌة ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜ ِﺜريًا ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ُﻊ َﻟ ُﻪ َ ِ‬
‫وﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ﻣَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻛ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨْﻬَ ﺎ َر‪َ .‬‬ ‫ﻈ ٌﺔ أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬‫اﳾ َﻟﻴ ًْﻼ وَأَﻧَﺎ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْر ُﻗ ُﺪ ِﰲ ﻓِ َﺮ ِ‬
‫ف َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﺼﻠِﺤُ ُﻪ َﻟﻨَﺎ‪ .‬ﺑﻴﱰ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻳ ْ‬
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‫َاع اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﺬَةِ؟«‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ ُر ْؤﻳ َُﺔ ِﻣ ْﴫ ِ‬
‫ﳾءٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫– »ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬ﻋَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰﺗِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ُر ْؤﻳ ََﺔ أَيﱢ َ ْ‬
‫ْف ﺗَ َﺮﻳْﻨ َ ُﻪ‬‫ﺿ ْﻮءٌ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ُﺮ‪ُ .‬ﻣ َﺆ ﱠﻛ ٌﺪ َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫– » َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ إِذَا أ َ َﺧﺬْﺗُﻚِ َﺧ ِﺎرﺟً ﺎ ِﰲ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻠ ِﺞ‪َ ،‬ﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َ‬
‫ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ذَﻟِﻚ‪«.‬‬

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‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‪َ ،‬ﻻ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ َم ﻳ َُﻼ ِز ُﻣﻨِﻲ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ْاﻵ َن‪َ .‬ﺳﻮَاءٌ ِﰲ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻠ ِﺞ أ َ ْو ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﻳَﺎ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰﺗِﻲ‪ .‬إ ِ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫– َ‬
‫ِﻠﻀ ْﻮءِ ﻣ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪﺗِﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ﻟ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻴ ِْﻒ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ‪ ،‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻟﺘَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﺴ ِﻠﻢَ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪َ » :‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﰲ ﱠ‬
‫ُﴩ َﻗ ًﺔ وَﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻚِ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻌَ ًﺔ َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴَﺎ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺧِ ﻨ َ ُﺔ َﺳ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔ َﺮاءَ‬‫َﺎل و ََﻻ اﻟ ﱡﺰ ُﻫﻮ َر ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ ﺗَ ْﻠﻤَ ُﻊ َﻓﻮ َْق ا ْﻟ ِﺠﺒ ِ‬ ‫– »أُوه‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻦ أ َ َرى أ َ ِﺷﻌﱠ َﺔ ﱠ‬
‫أَﺑَﺪًا‪«.‬‬
‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا‬ ‫ﺎل‪ .‬و َِﰲ ﺣُ ْﺰﻧِﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺎت‪ ،‬اﻧ ْ َﻔﺠَ َﺮ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ ﺑُ َﻜﺎءٍ ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﻗ ِﻊ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ِ‬
‫ﻈ َﻼ َم ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ﻠِﻚِ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا؟ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْؤﻳ َُﺔ؟«‬ ‫َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ِﻷَﺣَ ٍﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳ ُِﴤءَ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻬْ ِﻞ إ ِ ْﺳ َﻜﺎﺗُﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة أ َ ْن ﺗُﻬَ ﱢﺪئ َ ِﻣ ْﻦ َرو ِْع ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎةِ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬
‫َﺼﻌُ ﺐُ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُﺮوجُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ِن‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻛ ِﺜريَ َة ا ْﻟﺒُ َﻜﺎءِ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺒْﻜِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ﻳﻞ‪.‬‬‫ﻃ ِﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ اﻧْﺘَﺎﺑَﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﻮ َْﻗ ٍﺖ َ‬
‫ْﻒ ﺣَ ﺎ ُل ﺟَ ﺪﱢكِ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﱄ ْ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺒﻴﺒ َُﺔ‪ .‬أ َ ْﺧ ِ ِﱪﻳﻨِﻲ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫وَأَﺧِ ريًا َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪» :‬ﺗَﻌَ َ‬
‫ني ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﲆ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓﺘُ ُﻪ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ َِاﱄ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ْﻊ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺧ ِ ِﱪﻳﻨِﻲ ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ِﻠ َ‬
‫ري أَﺑَﺪًا‪«.‬‬
‫ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻷَﻋْ ﻮَا ٍم ْاﻵ َن‪ُ .‬ﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُﻓ ُﻪ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﻌُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑﻴﱰ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻻ ﻳ ُْﺨ ِﱪُﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜ ِ‬
‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ و ََﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬اﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ِﺮي‬ ‫ﺟَ َﻠﺐَ َﻫ َﺬا ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ًة ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة و ََﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة ﻟِﻬﺎﻳﺪي‪َ ،‬ﻓﺠَ ﱠﻔ َﻔ ْﺖ ُدﻣُﻮﻋَ ﻬَ ﺎ َ ِ‬
‫ُﺼﻠِﺢُ َﻟﻚِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ َم ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛ َﺪ ٌة‪ .‬و ََﺳﻴ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪َ .‬ﺳﻴ ُِﴤءُ َﻟﻚِ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱪ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ ُ ْﺧ ِ َ‬
‫ﳾءٍ‪«.‬‬‫ُﺼﻠِﺢُ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ َﻟﻚِ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪َ .‬ﺳﻴ ْ‬
‫ﴎدِ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺮﺣَ ِﺔ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱢﺪ و َْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺎﻣﺘَ ًﺔ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة َ‬
‫َﻗ َﻀﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َِت ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َة ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻋَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﻤْ ﺘَﺎ َز ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢﺪﻣُﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ‬
‫ﺎل ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺒﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُم ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷ َﻐ ِ‬
‫ني ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋِﻌَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫َت ﻫِ َﻲ وَاﺑْﻨَﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﻨْﺪَﻫِ َﺸﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺎﻫﺘِﻤَ ﺎ ٍم‪ .‬ﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﻌَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻧ ْ َﻔﺘَﺢَ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبُ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮز‪ .‬ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَ ُﻘﻮﻟُﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱠﻲ‪» :‬ﺑﻴﱰ!«‬ ‫َﻫﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرأ َ ِت ﱠ‬
‫ﺿﺤِ َﻚ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﺘَ َﻘ َﺎﻓ ُﺰ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻳﻀ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎةِ‪َ .‬‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ُﺔ ﺑﻴﱰ ﻋَ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ِﰲ ﻣَ َﺮ ٍح‪.‬‬
‫ْﻒ ﺣَ ﺎ ُل ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ ِة ﻣَ ﻌَ َﻚ؟«‬‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪» :‬ﺑﻴﱰ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ِﺑ ُ ْ‬

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‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻬَ ﺎ ﺑﻴﱰ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ‪«.‬‬

‫ﻮن َﻗﺎدِ ًرا ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ ِة ْاﻵ َن‪ .‬ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ِﻛﺘَﺎبُ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َِت ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ُ » :‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ آ ُﻣ ُﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬
‫ﻳﻞ‪َ .‬ﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ٍ‬‫ﺎﺷﻴ ُﺪ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﻌْ ﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ َ‬ ‫ف‪َ ،‬وﻓِﻴ ِﻪ أَﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺮاﻧِﻴ َﻢ َﻗﺪِﻳ ٌﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ﱢ‬
‫ﺗَﺬَ ﱡﻛ َﺮ َﻫﺎ ِﻷُﻋِ ﻴﺪ ََﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ آ ُﻣ ُﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ﺑﻴﱰ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ِﻟﻴ َْﻘ َﺮأ َ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﺴ ِﺎﻣﻌِ ﻲ‬
‫وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬
‫ْﻒ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌُ ﻮدِي إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫أ َ ْرد ََﻓ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪َ » :‬و َﻟﻜ ِِﻦ اﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ِﺮي‪َ ،‬ﻛﻴ َ‬
‫ﻈﻬْ ِﺮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺾ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ﱡ ْ‬
‫اﻟﴪﻋَ ِﺔ!«‬ ‫ﱰ َة ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﴪﻋَ ِﺔ؟ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ﱠﻛ ِﺪ أ َ ﱠن َﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱡ ْ‬
‫ْت ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ُم ﻳَﺤِ ﱡﻞ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ وَﻋَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑﺤُ ْﺰ ٍن‪َ » :‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ اﻧ ْ َﻘ َﻀ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ‪َ .‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎت اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن أَذْ َﻫﺐَ !«‬ ‫وﱃ ﻋَ َﻼﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﴍ َع ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ أ ُ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْن أ َ ْ َ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫وج‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬أﺛَﺎ َر ِت ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ﺟَ َﻠﺒ ًَﺔ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ُﺧ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺖ ِﻣﻌْ َ‬ ‫اﺑْﺘَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻟِﺒﻴﱰ وَا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘ َ‬
‫ُﺻﻮ ِﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ َﺷﺪِﻳ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ ُﱪُو َدةِ‪ .‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا أ َ ْر َﺳ َﻠ ْﺖ ﺑﻴﱰ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ و ُ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﻳﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺒَﺎ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻗﺎﺑَ َﻠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬
‫ﻈﻬْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪َ ،‬ﻏﺪًا ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا ِﰲ إ ِ ْﺧﺒ َِﺎر ِه ﻋَ ْﻦ ِزﻳَﺎ َر ِة ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻟ ﱡ‬
‫ﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ َﺔ‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﻧُﺜَﺒ َﱢﺖ ِﻣ ْﴫَا َع ﻧَﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ِة ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ َوﻧ َ ُﻘﻮ َم ِﺑﺒَﻌْ ِﺾ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ َﻗ َﺔ وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴ ِﺎﻣريَ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻧَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬
‫ﻳﺮ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﴏ ٍ‬ ‫َات َ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺪ ُر أ َ ْ‬
‫ُوع َوﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺼﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ .‬ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟُﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ِﲇءٌ ِﺑ ﱡ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﻋْ ﻤَ ِ‬
‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ‪» :‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ؟! ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻚِ ذَﻟِﻚ؟«‬
‫ﻒ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ َوﺗَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺠ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻘ ْﻞ ِﱄ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ ﺗَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ َ‬
‫ﻈﻠِﻤً ﺎ ْاﻵ َن ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ ﻟِﺠَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ُوﺳ ِﻬﻢْ‪ُ .‬ﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ْف أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨْﻬَ ﺎ َر ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ُل َﻓﻮ ُْق ُرء ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬
‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ِﻷَﺣَ ٍﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳ ُِﻀﻴﺌَ ُﻪ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛ َﺪ ٌة أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﺳﺘَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ُﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ‬ ‫َوﺗَ ُ‬
‫ﻮن َﺧﺎﺋ َِﻔ ًﺔ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ وَأ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪َ .‬ﻓ ﱢﻜ ْﺮ َﻛ ْﻢ ُﻫ َﻮ ُﻣ ْﺮﻋِﺐٌ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬
‫ﳾءٍ‪َ .‬ﺳﻨ َ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺼﻠِﺢَ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ ِﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻏﺪًا ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ َوﻧ ُ ْ‬ ‫ُث‪َ .‬ﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬
‫أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي؟«‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ﻟﻬﺎﻳﺪي ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ٍة‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑﺜ َِﻘ ٍﺔ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪةٍ‪ .‬ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻮز َوﺗَﻨ ْ ُ‬‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ُﻣﺘَ َﺸﺒﱢﺜ َ ًﺔ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﺎف ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﺸ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِ‬‫ﱠث ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ْﻢ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ ،‬ﺳﻨ َ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِ ِﻹ َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ د َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ ﻓِ ﻌْ ُﻞ ذَﻟِﻚ‪َ .‬ﺳﻨَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ َﻏﺪًا‪«.‬‬

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‫ُﺼﻠِﺢُ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪًا‪ .‬و ََﻫ َﻜﺬَا ﻣَ َﴣ‬ ‫و ََﰱ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ِﺑﻮَﻋْ ِﺪهِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻔِ ﻲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ َوﻳ ْ‬
‫ﳾءٌ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ﻳَﺠْ ﻌَ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َة ﺗَ ْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ‬ ‫َات ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻜﺌِﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ْ‬
‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءُ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬‫ﱢ‬
‫ﻄ ﱠﻠ ُﻊ إ ِ َﱃ‬
‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ِﺖ ْاﻵ َن ﺗَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َدةِ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻌُ ْﺪ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣُﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﻠِﻴﺌَ ًﺔ ِﺑ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎﻟﻀﺠَ ِﺮ وَاﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺑ ﱠ‬
‫ات ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪.‬‬ ‫ِزﻳَﺎ َر ِ‬

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‫زَ ِاﺋ َﺮانِ‬

‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِِﻪ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َع‪ .‬و َْاﻵ َن ِﺷﺘَﺎءٌ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ أ َ ْ َ‬‫اﻟﺼﻴ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءُ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﱢ‬ ‫إِذَا َﻛ َ‬
‫ُﺻﻮﻟِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﻫِ َﻲ ْاﻵ َن ِﰲ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﺎﻣﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻟ ِِﻼﻧْﻘِ َﻀﺎءِ‪ .‬و ََﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻳَ ْﻮ َم و ُ‬
‫ْﻒ ﺗَﻌْ ﺘَﻨِﻲ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا‬ ‫ف َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻤُﻔِ ﻴ َﺪ ِة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ‬
‫ﺎن‬‫ﻃ َﻔﺎ َل ِﰲ ِﺳﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻔ َﱰ َِض أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜﻮﻧُﻮا ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﻣﺜْﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ ُﻞ أَيﱢ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬
‫ني‪ .‬وَأ َ ْر َﺳ َﻞ‬ ‫ﺎﻇ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَ ْﻠ َﺪ ِة دورﻓﲇ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻛﺘَﺐَ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ ﻟِﺠَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ ﻣَ ﱠﺮﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻧَ ِ‬
‫ﺻﻌِ َﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱡﺲ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز َردٍّا ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ﻳُﻔِﻴ ُﺪ ِﺑﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳُ ْﻠﺤِ َﻖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ َ‬
‫ﱠث ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱢﺪ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْ‬
‫اﺧ ِﺘﻴ َِﺎرهِ‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَ َﻞ ِﻟﻴَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻋَ ﺎ ٍم ﻣَ َﴣ‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻮن اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱡﺲ‪َ » :‬ﻛ َ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءَ‬ ‫وﺳﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﺗَﺒْﺪَأ َ ُد ُر َ‬‫ﺼ ُﻔﻮ َر ًة‪ ،‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠ ٌﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫َﺷﺎ ًة و ََﻻ ﻋُ ْ‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ مَ‪«.‬‬
‫َﺎل أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ‬
‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة َﻛﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ِﻷَﻣْ ﻴ ٍ‬ ‫َزﻣْ ﺠَ َﺮ ﺟَ ﱡﺪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ! َﻫ ْﻞ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ﻓِ ﻌْ ًﻼ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْر ِﺳ َﻞ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠ ًﺔ َ‬
‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ِﺔ؟‬ ‫َ َ‬
‫َﺎح ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮج؟ َﻫ ْﻞ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ أ ْن أﺗْ ُﺮ َﻛﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ ُد ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳ ِ‬ ‫َاﺻ ِﻒ وَاﻟﺜﱡﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ و َْﺳ َ‬
‫ﻒ ِﺑ َﻲ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺢُ وَأُد َْﻓ َﻦ ِﰲ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻠ ِﺞ!«‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌْ ِﺼ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ ﻟ َِﺨ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻣُﻌَ ﱠﺮ ً‬‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﻧَﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن أ َ ُﻛ َ‬
‫ﻴﻼ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱡﺲ ِﺑ َﻠﻬْ ﺠَ ٍﺔ ُو ﱢدﻳﱠ ٍﺔ‪» :‬أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﻣُﺤِ ﱞﻖ ﻓِ ﻌْ ًﻼ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ِﺎري‪ .‬أَﺗﱠﻔِ ُﻖ ﻣَ ﻌَ َﻚ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺤِ ً‬
‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﺰ َل‬ ‫إ ِ ْر َﺳﺎﻟُﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ َ‬
‫ﺎس‪ .‬إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻴ َْﺶ ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َﺧ ِﻄريٌ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻦ‬ ‫ري َك ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬‫ﻴﺶ ﻣَ َﻊ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َوﺗَﻌِ َ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءِ!«‬ ‫ﻮر ﱢ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﰲ ُﺷﻬُ ِ‬ ‫َث َﻟ َﻚ أَيﱡ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَﻨْﺠُ َﻮ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي إِذَا ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬
 ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬

‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﺒ َْﻘﻰ دَاﻓِ ﺌَ ًﺔ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ِ .‬ﻣﺪ َْﻓﺄَﺗِﻲ‬ ‫– »دَﻋْ ﻨِﻲ أ ُ َؤ ﱢﻛ ْﺪ َﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي أَﻧﱢﻲ أَﻋْ ﺘَﻨِﻲ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﺎس ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﺗَ ْﻜ َﺮ ُﻫﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧَﺎ أ َ ْﻛ َﺮ ُﻫﻬُ ﻢْ‪ِ .‬ﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻄﻔِ ﺊ ُ أَﺑَﺪًا‪ .‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ذَ َﻫﺎ ِﺑﻲ ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ﻴ ِْﺶ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﻠ َﺪةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫َﻻ ﺗَﻨ ْ َ‬
‫ْاﻷ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ِﻞ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﺑَﻌْ ِﻀﻨَﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﻌْ ِﺾ‪«.‬‬
‫ﺎس ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﻻ‬ ‫»ﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟﺨِ ﻴَﺎ ُر ْاﻷ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ َﻚ‪ .‬اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫اﻋْ َﱰ ََض ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱡﺲ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬
‫ﷲ َوﺗَﻨْﺘَﻘِ َﻞ ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ﻴ ِْﺶ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ ِﰲ َﺳ ْﻔ ِﺢ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ َﻟﺢَ ﻣَ َﻊ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﻜ َﺮ ُﻫﻮﻧ َ َﻚ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ ﺘَﻘِ ﺪُ‪ .‬أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ِﺑﺤَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَ َ‬
‫ﻮن َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬
‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ .‬ﺳ َﱰَى َﻛﻴ َ‬
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‫اﻟﺴﻠِﻴﻢَ‪ .‬أﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِم‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻒ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱡﺲ َو َر َﻓ َﻊ ﻳَ َﺪ ُه َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬أﻧَﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺄ ﱢﻛ ٌﺪ أﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﺳﺘَﺘﱠﺨِ ﺬُ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺮا َر ﱠ‬ ‫و ََﻗ َ‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ ِم َﺳﻨ َ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﺟريَاﻧًﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ .‬أَﻋْ ِﻄﻨِﻲ ﻳَ َﺪ َك َو ِﻋ ْﺪﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪«.‬‬
‫ﺼ َﻠﺤَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﻨ ْ ِﺖ‪،‬‬‫ﻂ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻰ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻳَ َﺪ ُه ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻘ ﱢﺲ وَأَﺟَ ﺎبَ ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ‪» :‬أَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫أَﻋْ َ‬
‫ﻂ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ أ ُ ْﺧ ِﱪُ َك ْاﻵ َن أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أ ُ ْر ِﺳ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ َو َﻟ ْﻦ أَﻧْﺘَﻘِ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ َﺳ ْﻔ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ﻴ ِْﺶ و َْﺳ َ‬
‫ﺎس‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬
‫َاﺳﺘَﺪَا َر ِﺑﺤُ ْﺰ ٍن َوﺗَ َﺮ َك ا ْﻟ ُﻜ َ‬
‫ﻮخ َوﻧ َ َﺰ َل إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱡﺲ‪» :‬إ ِ َذ ْن أَﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﺴﺎﻋِ َﺪ َك اﻟ ﱠﺮبﱡ !« و ْ‬
‫أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪.‬‬
‫ﺎب ﻟ ِِﺰﻳَﺎ َر ِة‬ ‫اج ﻧ َ ِﻜﺪٍ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﺘْ ُﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛ ْﺖ ِزﻳَﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱢﺲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِﰲ ِﻣ َﺰ ٍ‬
‫َﺎح اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﱠث ِﻟﺒَ ِﻘﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪ِ .‬ﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ ْ‬
‫َﺎق ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪَاءِ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻃﺒ َ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨ َ َﺮى‪َ «.‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳ ُِﺰﻳﻠُﻮا أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪ ،‬أَﺟَ ﺎبَ ‪َ :‬‬
‫آﺧ ُﺮ‪َ .‬ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ َة َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ َﻟ َﺔ دﻳﺘﺎ‪.‬‬‫َﺻ َﻞ َزا ِﺋ ٌﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎو َﻟ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َ‬‫ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﺒ َﺲ ِﺑ ِﺒﻨ ْ ِﺖ َﺷ َﻔ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻔﻬَ َﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﺧِ َﺮ ِة د َ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬
‫ﻈﻬَ ِﺮ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴﱢﺪِ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة َوﺗَﺘَ َﻠ ﱠﻘﻰ ِرﻋَ ﺎﻳ ًَﺔ ﺟَ ﻴﱢ َﺪ ًة‬ ‫ﻮﺟﺌَ ْﺖ ِﺑﻤَ ْ‬ ‫َات وَﺟْ ِﻬﻬَ ﺎ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ُﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﻌْ ِﺒري ِ‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ ﻣَ َﻊ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻳ ُْﻘﻠ ُِﻖ دﻳﺘﺎ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺗَ ْﺮ ُك اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ ﱠن دﻳﺘﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜﺎدِ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َﻓ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻮز ِﺑﺄ َ ْﺧﺒ َِﺎر َﻫﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋِﻌَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬‫ﺣَ ﱟﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ؛ ِﻟﺬَا َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ ﻟِﻠ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺐٌ َﻏﻨ ﱞِﻲ ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﻌْ ﻤَ ُﻞ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪ ََﻫﺎ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠ ٌﺔ وَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ٌة‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ِﰲ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻈ َﻢ‬‫ﳼ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢﺮكٍ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﴤ ﻣُﻌْ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨﺪَا ُم ُﻛ ْﺮ ِ ﱟ‬‫ِﺳ ﱢﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ َوﻳَﺘَﻮَﺟﱠ ﺐُ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ْ‬
‫و َْﻗﺘِﻬَ ﺎ وَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة َوﺗَﺤْ ﺘَﺎجُ إ ِ َﱃ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ْﻠﻌَ ﺐَ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ َ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻣ َﺪﺑﱢ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﻋَ ْﻦ‬
‫ﻮن َﻫﺬَا َراﺋِﻌً ﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ‪ .‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ِﻀ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﺘ َ‬ ‫َاﻓ َﻘ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة ﻋَ َﲆ ْ‬
‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ ،‬وو َ‬
‫ﻴﺶ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ٍل َﻓﺎﺧِ ٍﺮ و ََﺳﻴُﻜﻮُن َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻬَ ﺎ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﻠﻌَ ﺐُ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻟِﻬﺎﻳﺪي! َﻓ ِﻬ َﻲ َﺳﺘَﻌِ ُ‬

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‫ﻮن ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ‪ ،‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫َث أَيﱡ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ‪» :‬وَﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠﻢُ‪ ،‬إِذَا ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ﻇ ًﺔ و…«‬ ‫ﻈﻮ َ‬‫ﻣَ ﺤْ ُ‬
‫»ﻫ ِﻞ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻴ ِْﺖ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ِﺟﺌْ ِﺖ ِﻟﺘَ ُﻘﻮﻟِﻴ ِﻪ؟«‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز اﻟ ﱠﺰا ِﺋ َﺮ َة‪َ :‬‬
‫آﺧ َﺮ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ْﺧﺒ َِﺎر‬ ‫ف! أَيﱡ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ َ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ َو َﻟﻮﱠﺣَ ْﺖ ِﺑﻴَ َﺪﻳْﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ‪» :‬أ ُ ﱟ‬ ‫َﴏ َ‬
‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺟَ َﻠﺒْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ َﻚ!«‬
‫آﺧ َﺮ‪َ .‬ﻻ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ َﺳﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫– »إِذَ ْن ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ أ َ ْﺧﺬُ أ َ ْﺧﺒ َِﺎركِ ِﻷَيﱢ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ َ‬
‫وخ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪» :‬إِذَا ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ ﺗَﻌْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ إِﺑ َْﻘﺎءُ اﺑْﻨ َ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺼﺎ ُر ِ‬ ‫َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ْت دﻳﺘﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ْﻘﻌَ ﺪ َِﻫﺎ َﻛ ﱠ‬
‫ُﺨ ِﻄﺊٌ! أَﻧَﺎ ﻣَ ْﺴﺌُﻮ َﻟ ٌﺔ‬ ‫ِﻴﺴ ِﺔ أ َ ِو ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫أ ُ ْﺧﺘِﻲ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﲆ د َ‬
‫ُون إ ِ ْر َﺳﺎﻟِﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ َ‬
‫ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ! َو َﻟ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ْﺴ ِﻠﻢَ!«‬
‫ﴏ َخ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪﱡ‪» :‬ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗﻔِ ﻲ! ا ْرﺣَ ِﲇ َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا و ََﻻ ﺗَﺪَﻋِ ﻴﻨِﻲ أ َ َرى وَﺟْ ﻬَ ﻚِ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا أَﺑَﺪًا!« وَﻣَ َﻊ‬ ‫َ َ‬
‫َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌِ ﺒَﺎ َر ِة ﺗَ َﺮ َك ا ْﻟ ُﻜ َ‬
‫ﻮخ‪.‬‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت ﻟِﺪﻳﺘﺎ ِﺑ َﻐ َﻀ ٍﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺧ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻏ َﻀﺒ ِْﺖ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي!« َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫َﴏ َ‬
‫ﺎﱄ ْاﻵ َن‪ ،‬أ َ ِرﻳﻨِﻲ أَﻳ َْﻦ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ُﺴﻚِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ري‪ .‬ﺗَﻌَ َ ِ‬‫»ﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﺑ َﺨ ْ ٍ‬‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة‪َ :‬‬
‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻦ أَذْ َﻫﺐَ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻚِ ‪«.‬‬
‫ﻮز‪.‬‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﻣﺜْﻠُﻚِ ِﻣﺜ ْ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ني أَيﱠ َ ْ‬ ‫»ﻫ َﺮاءٌ! أَﻧ ْ َﺖ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﻔﻬَ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ ِﰲ د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪ُ :‬‬
‫ﺎت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪.‬‬ ‫ﻂ‪ «.‬ذَ َﻫﺒ َْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺨِ َﺰاﻧ َ ِﺔ وَأ َ ْﺧ َﺮﺟَ ْﺖ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺤْ ﻠُ ِﻤﻲ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻠ َ‬‫َﺳﺘَﺤْ ُ‬
‫ﺎﱄ ْ ﻣَ ﻌِ َﻲ ْاﻵ َن‪َ .‬ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒﱠﻌَ ُﺔ َرﺛ ﱠ ٌﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺘُ َﺆدﱢي‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة ُﻗﺒﱠﻌَ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﺗَﻌَ َ‬‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻟ ﱠﻔﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﺣُ ْﺰﻣَ ٍﺔ وَأَﻋْ َ‬
‫ض ْاﻵ َن‪َ .‬ﻓ ْﻠﻨَﺬْ َﻫﺐْ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ َ‬
‫َﻛ ﱠﺮ َر ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻦ أَذْ َﻫﺐَ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻚِ ‪«.‬‬
‫»ﻻ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮﻧِﻲ َﻏ ِﺒﻴ ًﱠﺔ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْﻏ َﻠ ِﺐ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤْ ِﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜﻮﻧِﻲ ﻋَ ﻨِﻴ َﺪ ًة ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠﻚ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ‪َ :‬‬
‫ﺎﺿﺒًﺎ‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻏﺐُ ِﰲ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘِﻨَﺎ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا أَﺑَﺪًا‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﺟَ ﺪﱡكِ َﻏ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ِﻤﻌِ ﻲ ِﱄ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَﻳ ِْﺖ َﻛ ْﻢ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ‪ْ .‬‬
‫ﺎن‬‫ﺿ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻹ َ‬‫إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳﺪُكِ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺮﺣَ ِﲇ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﻐ ِﻀ ِﺒﻴ ِﻪ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَﻟِﻚ‪ِ .‬ﺑ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺄُﻋِ ﻴﺪُكِ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ .‬ﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن‬ ‫ﺂﺧﺬُكِ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َرا ِﺋ ٌﻊ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪َ .‬وإِذَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُﺤِ ﺒﱢﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﺳ ُ‬
‫اج ﺟَ ﻴﱢ ٍﺪ ِﰲ ذَﻟِﻚ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺪﱡكِ ِﰲ ِﻣ َﺰ ٍ‬
‫»ﻫ ْﻞ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبُ وَا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ؟«‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ :‬‬

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‫ِﻳﻦ‪َ .‬ﺳﻨ َ ِﺴريُ ِﺑ َﻘﺪ ِْر‬ ‫ﱪﺗُﻚِ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﺳﺄُﻋِ ﻴﺪُكِ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ َ‬ ‫ني؟ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ‪» :‬ﻋَ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪ ِﺛ َ‬
‫ِﻳﻦ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُر ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َر َﻏﺪًا‪ .‬و ََﺳﻴُﻌِ ﻴﺪُكِ ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ ﻧ َ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ ْﺴﺘَﻘِ ﱡﻞ ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬
‫َﺎح‪«.‬‬‫ﴪﻋَ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ُ ْ‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَﺪ َِﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴏ َة ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ ذِ َراﻋِ ﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗُﻤْ ِﺴ ُﻚ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ ْاﻵ َن ﺗَ َﻀ ُﻊ ُ ﱠ‬
‫و ََﺳﺎ َرﺗَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﺻﺎحَ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬إ ِ َﱃ أَﻳ َْﻦ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ذَاﻫِ ﺒ ٌَﺔ؟«‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱠﻲ‪َ .‬‬ ‫ْت ﺑﻴﱰ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗَ َﺮى ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َ‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ ﺗَﺘَ َﺸﺒ ُﱠﺚ ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأةِ‪َ.‬‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﻳ َْﻘ َﻠ ُﻖ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرأَى اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﻄﺄ َ ِت ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻂ‪ .‬و ََﺳﺄَﻋُ ﻮدُ‪ «.‬أَﺑْ َ‬ ‫– »أَﻧَﺎ ذَاﻫِ ﺒ ٌَﺔ ِﰲ ِزﻳَﺎ َر ٍة إ ِ َﱃ ﻓﺮاﻧﻜﻔﻮرت َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬
‫ﻮخ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪.‬‬ ‫َرأ َ ْت ُﻛ َ‬
‫ﻈ ُﺮ ِﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ِﺑﺠَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬أُوه‪ ،‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن أ َ ْر ُﻛ َﺾ ِﻷ ُ ْﺧ ِ َ‬
‫ﱪ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﻨ ْ ُ‬
‫ﻈ ِﺎري‪«.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َة‪َ .‬ﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﰲ اﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬
‫ﴬي َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ أ َ ْن ﺗُﺤْ ِ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻞ أَﺣَ ﺪٍ‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌُ ﻮد َ‬ ‫»ﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ اﻟﺘﱠﻮ ﱡَﻗ ُ‬ ‫– َ‬
‫َﻫ ِﺪﻳ ًﱠﺔ‪«.‬‬
‫ﻮخ‪ .‬ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ‬ ‫َني اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻛ ِﺾ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬‫ري ِﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َوﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬
‫َني ﱠ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻣُﻤَ ﱠﺰ َﻗ ًﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫ﻂ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ دﻳﺘﺎ ﺟَ ﺬَﺑ َْﺖ ﻳَﺪ ََﻫﺎ ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ٍة‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ٍﺔ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬
‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ ِﻧﺪَاءَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة و ََﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ْت ِﰲ ِزﻳَﺎ َرﺗِﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﺪَﻗِ َ‬
‫ﺎن َﻗ ِﺪ اﺗﱡﺨِ ﺬَ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ ﱠن ِاﻻ ْﺧ ِﺘﻴَﺎ َر َﻛ َ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ‬

‫َﻋ ِﺎﺋ َﻠ ٌﺔ َﺟ ِﺪ َ‬
‫ﻳﺪ ٌة‬

‫اﻟﺼﻌْ ِﺐ ِﺟﺪٍّا‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ًﺔ َوﻣ َِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺿﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺎﻧُﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻠﻘِ ﻴ ًَﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ِرﻳ َﻜ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺳ َ‬
‫ُون ﻣ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪةٍ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻵ َن ِﰲ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺐ‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺠْ ﺘَ ِﻤ ُﻊ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ري د َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ِﺴ َ‬
‫ﻈ ُﺔ أ َ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻫِ َﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺘَ َﻠ ﱠﻘﻰ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ ﻛﻼرا‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻬْ ِﻞ ﻣ َُﻼﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ُﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺘَﺎدِ ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎﺟﻴﱠ ٍﺔ ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﻮي ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫َاب ُزﺟَ ِ‬‫ات أَﺑْﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻴﻘ ٌﺔ ذَ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ ﻣَ ْﻜﺘَﺒ ٌَﺔ أَﻧ َ‬ ‫وﺳﻬَ ﺎ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ُد ُر َ‬
‫ﻃ ٍﺔ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ َﻞ أيﱠَ‬
‫ات‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ ِﺑﺒ ََﺴﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَﺎﺟُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة‪ .‬وَﻣَ َﻊ ذَﻟِﻚ‪ ،‬و َِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬
‫َﺎب‪.‬‬‫َات ُزو ٍﱠار ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻂ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪ ،‬وَﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫َ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْر َﻗﺎو ِ‬
‫َان ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺎدِ ﺋَﺘَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ َرﻓِﻴﻌً ﺎ و ََﺷﺎﺣِ ﺒًﺎ‪ .‬ﺗَﻨ َ ﱠﻘ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن وَﺟْ ﻬُ ﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ‪.‬‬
‫اﻟﺼﺎدِ َر ِة‬ ‫َات ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻐ ْﺖ ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ْ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َﻫ ُﺆ َﻻءِ ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ؟« أ َ ْ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ‪َ :‬‬
‫ْﺧ ِﻞ ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﺎﻣ ﱢﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ﺻﻐِ ريَةٍ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻣ َﺪﺑﱢ َﺮ ُة‬ ‫ﱠث إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ إ ِ َﱃ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻀ َﺪ ٍة َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫َات ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪةٍ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫِ َﻲ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﻣَ ْﺴﺌُﻮ َﻟ ًﺔ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِرﻋَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ُﻣﻨْﺬُ و ََﻓﺎ ِة أُﻣﱢ ﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬
‫ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ َ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪.‬‬
‫َﺎب‬‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ وَﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮحَ ُﺳ َﺆا َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْ‬
‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺐ‪.‬‬
‫اﺳﻤُﻚِ ؟«‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻟ ِﺒ ْﻀ ِﻊ د ََﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﺘْﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ‪» :‬ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
 ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬

‫اﺳ ِﻢ أُﻣﱢ ﻬَ ﺎ‬‫»اﺳﻤُﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﺘﱠﻌْ ِﻤﻴﺪِيﱡ ُﻫ َﻮ أدﻳﻠﻬﺎﻳﺪ‪ِ ،‬ﻣﺜ ْ ُﻞ ْ‬ ‫ري إِﺟَ ﺎﺑَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ ِﻟﺘَ ْﻐ ِﻴ ِ‬‫َﺧ َﻠ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَﺪ ﱠ‬
‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻓﺎةِ‪«.‬‬
‫ﱪكِ ﻳَﺎ دﻳﺘﺎ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ و ََﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ُﺧ ْ‬ ‫ﱰﺑ َِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ْاﻗ َ َ‬
‫ﱪﺗُﻚِ أَﻧﱢﻲ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ َﻓﺘَﺎ ًة ِﰲ ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮ ﻛﻼرا‪ .‬ﻛﻼرا ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٍة َﻛﻬَ ِﺬهِ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫ُﻣﻨْﺪَﻫِ َﺸ ٌﺔ ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ َﻓﺘَﺎ ٍة َ‬
‫ﴩ َة‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜ ْﻢ ﻋُ ﻤْ ُﺮ أدﻳﻠﻬﺎﻳﺪ؟«‬ ‫اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻴ ََﺔ ﻋَ ْ َ‬
‫ﻴﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺪدَ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ أ َ ْن أ َ ُﻗﻮ َل‬ ‫ﻴﻘ َﺔ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧ َ ِﺴ ُ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﺨﻔِ َﻲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬
‫ﺎﴍ ِة أ َ ْو ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻘ ُﺮبُ ذَﻟِﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﻀﺒ ِْﻂ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ أ َ ُ‬ ‫ِﺑ ﱠ‬
‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ‬ ‫ﱪﻧِﻲ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ِﰲ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﺎﻣﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ «.‬ﻟ َﻜ َﺰﺗْﻬَ ﺎ دﻳﺘﺎ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺎش‪» :‬أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ اﻟﻨ ﱢ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺪ ﱠ‬
‫ﺻﺒَﻌِ ﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﺈ ْ‬
‫َات! ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺻ َﻐ ُﺮ ِﺑﺄ ْرﺑ َِﻊ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻂ؟ أ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا؟! ِﰲ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﺎﻣﻨ َ ِﺔ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫َﺧ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َﴏ َ‬
‫وس وَا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَةِ! ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﻗ َﺮأ ْ ِت‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ﻳ َُﺸ ِﺎر ُك ﻛﻼرا ِﰲ اﻟ ﱡﺪ ُر ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ُة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺳﺘَﺠْ ِﻠﺒُﻬَ ﺎ؟ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ َر ْدﻧَﺎ َﺷ ْﺨ ً‬
‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ُة؟«‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ َ‬
‫ﳾءَ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻻ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ :‬‬
‫– »ﻣَ ﺎذَا؟«‬
‫ﻂ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ أَﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة َﻗ ﱡ‬
‫ني ِﱄ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠ ًﺔ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَﺠْ ِﻠ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة! دﻳﺘﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ْاﻷ َ ْﻛ َﱪُ ِﺳﻨٍّﺎ‪» :‬اﻟ ﱠﺮﺣْ ﻤَ َﺔ! َﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ِﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ْﻒ ﻫِ َﻲ!«‬ ‫ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ َﻫ ِﺬهِ؟ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ْﺨ ِ ِﱪﻳﻨِﻲ َﻛﻴ َ‬
‫ﻴﻔ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗُﻤَ ﺜ ﱢ ُﻞ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ﻧ َ ْﻮ َع ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺮاﻓِ ِﻖ‬ ‫»ﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﻀﻠِﻚِ ‪ ،‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻓﺘَﺎ ٌة َﻟ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ‪ِ :‬‬
‫ﺎن ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪةٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﱰﻳ َْﻦ َﻛ ْﻢ َﺳﺘَﻨ ْ َﺴ ِﺠﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻣَ َﻊ ﻛﻼرا‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن أَذْ َﻫﺐَ ْاﻵ َن‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻚِ َﺳ َ َ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ‬ ‫َﺧ َﺮﺟَ ْﺖ دﻳﺘﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﻨْﺤَ ﻨِﻲ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ‪ .‬و ََﻗ َﻔ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريُ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأَةِ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﻢ َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬‫ﻈ ٍﺔ َﻻ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱡ‬ ‫ِﻟ َﻠﺤْ َ‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ و ََﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﱰُ َﻛﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺮﺣَ ُﻞ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ﻳﻘ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ ِﺌ َﻠ ِﺔ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫َﺎب‪َ .‬ﻓﺄ َ َﺷﺎ َر ْت َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻛﻼرا ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﺗَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ َوﺑَﺪَأَﺗَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬
‫ِﻳﺚ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑَ ِﻘﻴ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺼريُ ا ْﻟﻤُﺠَ ﻌﱠ ﺪُ؟«‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻚِ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﻛﻼرا ُﻣﺘَ َﺴﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ :‬‬
‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ َذﻟِﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ ،‬أ َ ُ‬
‫»ﻫ ْﻞ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٌة ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘﺪُو ِم إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ؟«‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ْت ﻛﻼرا‪َ :‬‬ ‫ْ‬

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‫ﺂﺧﺬُ َﻫ ِﺪﻳ ًﱠﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪ .‬أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أَﻧﱢﻲ‬ ‫»ﻻ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َﺳﺄَذْ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل َﻏﺪًا‪َ .‬ﺳ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ :‬‬
‫ِﻴﻔﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ َِﺾ‪ .‬ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل دﻳﺘﺎ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻣ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ َ ًة َﻟ ِﻄ َ‬
‫ﻴﻔ ًﺔ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺂﺧﺬُ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َرﻏ ً‬ ‫َﺳ ُ‬
‫ﻴﴚ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ َوﺗُ َﺸ ِﺎرﻛِﻴﻨِﻲ‬ ‫رﺳ ْﻠ ِﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﻟﺘَﻌِ ِ‬ ‫ُﻀﺤِ َﻜ ٌﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻜ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا‪» :‬أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺺ‬ ‫ني ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة‪َ .‬ﺳﻨ َ ْﺴﺘَﻤْ ِﺘ ُﻊ ِﺑﺬَﻟِﻚ! ﻣُﻌَ ﱢﻠ ِﻤﻲ َﺷ ْﺨ ٌ‬ ‫ﻒ أَﻧﱠﻚِ َﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ِﻓ َ‬ ‫وﳼ‪ ،‬و َْاﻵ َن أ َ ْﻛﺘَ ِﺸ ُ‬ ‫ِﰲ ُد ُر ِ‬
‫َ‬
‫ﻴﻒ‪َ .‬ﺳﻴُﺤِ ﺐﱡ ﺗَﻌْ ﻠِﻴﻤَ ﻚِ أﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻟ ِﻄ ٌ‬
‫َت إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ﻋَ ﺎد ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻣَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻫ ﱠﺰ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َرأ ْ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ِﰲ َﻗﻮ ِْل َ ْ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ُة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَﻛﻼرا أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎق ِﺑﺪﻳﺘﺎ‪ ،‬وَاﻟﻨ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ْﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﻠﺤَ ِ‬
‫ﺎﺿﺒ ًَﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل َﻏ ِ‬
‫ني إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺎن و َْﻗ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺸﺎءِ‪ «.‬أ َ َﺧﺬَ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن — َﻛ ِﺒريُ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ِم — ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ َ‬
‫ُﻮف ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻞ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎمَ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﻬﱠ َﺰ ْت ﺗﻴﻨﻴﺖ — ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎدِ ﻣَ ُﺔ — ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ َﺔ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎو َﻟ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَأَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ ﺗَﻨَﺎ ُوﻟِ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪.‬‬
‫ﺎﺳ ِﺐ ِﻟﺘَ ْﺴﻤَ َﻊ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ ﻣُﺤَ ﺎ َدﺛ ٍﺔَ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎو َﻟ ِﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨ َِ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺻﻠ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫ﻄ ٍﺔ ﻣَ َﻊ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑ َِﺴﻴ َ‬
‫ﺎن َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻚِ‬ ‫– »أدﻳﻠﻬﺎﻳﺪ‪ ،‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻔﻬَ ِﻤﻲ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛِﻲ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ِم إ ِ ﱠﻻ إِذَا َﻛ َ‬
‫»ﻻ ﺗَﺠْ ﻌَ ﻠِﻴﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﻌُ ﻚِ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ًﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫أَﻣْ ٌﺮ َﻟﻬُ ﻢْ‪ «.‬ﺛﻢ أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻜ ْﺖ ِﺑﺬَ ْﻗ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة وَأَدَا َرﺗْﻬَ ﺎ ﻧَﺤْ ﻮ ََﻫﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ْﺴ َﻮ ٍة ﻣ ُِﻀ َ‬
‫ﻳﻘ ِﺔ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا أَﺑَﺪًا!«‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬‫ني إ ِ َﱃ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪ ِﺛ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ِﰲ إ ِ ْﻟ َﻘﺎءِ َﻗﺎﺋِﻤَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻮَاﻋِ ِﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘﱠ ِﺒﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ْ‬
‫ﻈ ًﺔ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ َﺴ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻂءٍ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻐﻠ ُِﻖ ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ﱠ‬
‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ َﻗ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮَا َل ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪ .‬ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﻘﻌَ ﺪ َِﻫﺎ و ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺎﺣً ﺎ و ََﻗﺎﻣَ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﺮﺣْ َﻠ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻴﻖ‪.‬‬‫ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻮ ٍم ﻋَ ِﻤ ٍ‬
‫»اﻵ َن ﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ ِﺮي ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪ْ :‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ أَﺧِ ريًا إ ِ َﱃ ﻧِﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ﺧِ َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬
‫ﳾءٍ؟«‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠﺘُ ُﻪ ﻳَﺎ أدﻳﻠﻬﺎﻳﺪ! َﻫ ْﻞ َﻓ ِﻬﻤْ ِﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬
‫ﻳﻞ‪َ «.‬ﻓ َﻼ ﺗَﺬْ ُﻛ ُﺮ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ٍ‬‫َاﺳﻌَ ٍﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻧَﺎﺋِﻤَ ٌﺔ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ِﺑﺎﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ٍﺔ و ِ‬
‫ﻃﻴ ٍﱢﺐ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺸﺎءِ ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪ ِْر ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤْ ﺘَﻌَ ْﺖ ِﺑﻮ َْﻗ ٍﺖ َ‬ ‫أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ْ‬

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‫َﺟ ْﻮ َﻟ ٌﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺒ ْﻠ َﺪ ِة‬

‫ف أَﻳ َْﻦ ﻫِ َﻲ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻧ َ َ‬

‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻓﺘَﺤَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫َت‬‫اش‪ ،‬وَا ْرﺗَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻴَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ َﻔ َﺰ ْت ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫َث ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ ْت ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ َو َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﺬَةِ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ُﻣﺘَ َﺸﻮ َﱢﻗ ًﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ وَا ْﻟﺒَ َﻠ ِﺪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج‪،‬‬
‫َﺿﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ذَﻟِﻚ‪َ ،‬زﺣَ َﻔ ْﺖ ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺘَﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺛَﻘِ ﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﺗَﻨْﺤِ ﻴَﺘَﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧﺒًﺎ‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻮ ً‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎل ِﺟﺪٍّا‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪ ،‬ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َﻔ ْﺖ أ َ ﱠن اﻟ ﱡﺰﺟَ ﺎجَ ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻟﺘَ ِﺼ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﺬَةِ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ًة ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ْﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ِﺳﻮَى أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺮ َﻓ َﻊ َرأ ْ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ َﻓﻮ َْق ﺣَ ﱠﺎﻓ ِﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ِة ِﻟﺘُ ْﻠﻘِ َﻲ ﻧ َ ْ‬
‫َت ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺲ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺸ ِﻜ َﻠ ِﺔ ﻣَ َﻊ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َت‪َ .‬ر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ٍة إ ِ َﱃ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬ووَﺟَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َراد ْ‬
‫ُﻮس ِﰲ َﻗ َﻔ ٍﺺ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮر ﻣَ ﺤْ ﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻔ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺸﻌَ َﺮ ْت َﻛﻌُ ْ‬
‫ﻄﻮ ُر ﺟَ ﺎﻫِ ٌﺰ!« ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺖ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﺬَ َة وَاﻧ ْ َﻀﻤﱠ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ﻳُﻨَﺎدِي‪» :‬ا ْﻟ َﻔ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪َ ،‬ﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﺷ ْﺨ ً‬
‫ﻳﻘ ٍﺔ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَﺎ َزةٍ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َ‬‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم‪ .‬ﺗَﻨَﺎ َو َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﻛﻼرا ِﰲ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ِﺖ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ‪ ،‬د ﱠَﺳ ْﺖ ﻟُ َﻔ َﺎﻓ َﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ َِﺾ ِﰲ ﺟَ ﻴ ِْﺐ ِﻣﺌْ َﺰ ِر َﻫﺎ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ﺗَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
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‫َﺿﻌَ ﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺨِ َﺰاﻧ َ ِﺔ ِﻟﺘَﺄ ُﺧﺬَ َﻫﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪َ .‬ﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻮَﺟْ ﺒ َُﺔ‪َ ،‬ر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ﻟ ُِﻐ ْﺮ َﻓﺘِﻬَ ﺎ َوو َ‬
‫ِﻴﻒ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺬِﻳ ِﺬ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻫِ ِﻦ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺘُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل‬ ‫ﻄﺎءِ َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﺮﻏ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﺳﺘَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ُﻦ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ إِﻋْ َ‬
‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ َﴗ ْاﻷ َ ْﻓ َﻜﺎ َر ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ُﻖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪ِ ،‬ﻷَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ إِذَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ْﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺘَﺠْ ﻌَ ﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨ َ ًﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪.‬‬
‫ِﻴﻒ‪ ،‬أ َ ْﻏ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ ﺑَﺎبَ ا ْﻟﺨِ َﺰاﻧ َ ِﺔ وَاﻧ ْ َﻀﻤﱠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﻛﻼرا ِﰲ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ٍة أَﺧِ ريَ ٍة ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻏ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ إ ِ ْﻟ َﻘﺎءِ ﻧ َ ْ‬
‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌِ َ‬
‫ﻴﺸ ِﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ﺎن ِﺑﻤ ُْﻔ َﺮدِﻫِ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻛﻼرا ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﻮَاﻓِ ﺬِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠﺘَ ِ‬‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﺑﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬
 ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬

‫َﺼﻌُ ﺐُ َﻓﺘْﺤُ ﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ا ْ‬

‫ﻃﻠُ ِﺒﻲ‬ ‫– »أُوه‪ ،‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻔﺘَﺤِ ﻲ اﻟﻨﱠﻮَاﻓِ ﺬَ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﺗَﻨ ْ ُ‬
‫ﻈ ِﺮي ِﻟ ْﻠ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻳ ْ‬
‫وﺳﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻔﺘَﺤَ ﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻚِ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ُد ُر ِ‬

‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻬريَةِ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﱰ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ ﻛﻼرا أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴ َ ِﱰﻳﺢَ ِﰲ َﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫وﺳﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺖ ُد ُر ُ‬
‫ﺎن أ َ ﱠو ُل ﻣَ ﺎ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ؛ ِﻟﺬَا َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺣُ ﱠﺮ ًة ِﻟﺘَ ْﻔﻌَ َﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺸﺎءُ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫و َْﻗ َﺖ َراﺣَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬
‫َﻓﻌَ َﻠﺘْ ُﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ُﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن وَﺟَ ﻌْ ﻠُ ُﻪ ﻳ َْﻔﺘَﺢُ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻧَﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ًة‪.‬‬
‫ني‪ .‬أَﺧِ ريًا َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﺳ َﱰَى ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺘُ ُ‬
‫ﻮق إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻓﻮ َْق ِﻣ ْﺴﻨ َ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪَﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻌِ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ُﺨﻴﱢﺒًﺎ ﻟ ِْﻶﻣَ ِ‬
‫ﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺮا ﻣ َ‬ ‫َت ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َ‬‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻧ َ َ‬
‫ﻃ ُﺮ ٍق ﺣَ ﺠَ ِﺮﻳﱠ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﺳﺄ َ َرى‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ِﺳﻮَى ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﰲ ﺣُ ْﺰ ٍن‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا؟! َﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ َ ْ‬
‫إِذَا ذَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﻳَﺎ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن؟«‬
‫اﻟﴚءِ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ‪» :‬ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺲ ﱠ ْ‬
‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ » :‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻳ َْﻦ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبُ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ أ َ َرى ا ْﻟﻮَادِيَ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻪُ؟«‬
‫ﺎل‪ِ ،‬ﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ ذَﻟِﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﱪ ِْج ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ذِي ا ْﻟ ُﻜ َﺮ ِة اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺒﻴﱠ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺼﻌَ ﺪِي إ ِ َﱃ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ﺑُ ْﺮ ٍج ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫– »ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْ‬
‫ﳾءٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻮ َْﻗﻪُ‪ِ .‬ﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ ُر ْؤﻳ َُﺔ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬
‫ﴎ ِع ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِﺎر ِع ِﺑﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ني َو َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻧ َ َﺰ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﻣ ْﺴﻨ َ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪَﻣَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺎﻟﺴﻬُ ﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ اﻋْ ﺘَ َﻘ َﺪﺗْﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا ا ْﻟ ُﱪْجُ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﺟﺪٍّا ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﺬَةِ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِِﻦ ْاﻵ َن‬ ‫ْاﻷُﻣُﻮ َر َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﺑ ﱡ‬
‫ﺎت‪ ،‬ﺗَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ِﺑﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ َﻗ ِ‬
‫ﱪ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻂءٍ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ .‬ﺳﺎ َر ْت ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْن ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﺪ َد ِﰲ أَيﱢ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ٍه َﻛ َ‬
‫ِﻒ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب‬‫ﺻ ِﺒﻴٍّﺎ ﻳَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة َرأ َ ْت َ‬ ‫ﻮل إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫ُون ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ ﻋَ ﺠَ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎص ﻳَﺒْﺪ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺷ َﺨ ٍ‬
‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة ِﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪهِ‪ .‬ﺟَ َﺮ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ِه َوﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ُﺳ َﻠﺤْ َﻔﺎ ًة َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ أ ُ ْر ُﻏﻨًﺎ ﻳَﺪ َِوﻳٍّﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ُه و ََﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬أَﻳ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﱪْجُ ذُو ا ْﻟ ُﻜ َﺮ ِة اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺒﻴﱠ ِﺔ؟«‬
‫ﺎت‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺂﺧﺬُكِ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎكِ ﻧ َ ِﻈريَ أ َ ْرﺑَﻌَ ِﺔ ِﺑﻨ ْ َﺴ ٍ‬ ‫»ﺳ ُ‬ ‫– َ‬
‫اﻫﺎ‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱠﻲ ﻳَﺜ ُِﻖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ وَأ َر َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﴬ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎ َل ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻛﻼرا َﻻﺣِ ًﻘﺎ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا أ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي أﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺘُﺤْ ِ ُ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ﺪ ْ‬
‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ َرﺟُ ٌﻞ ﻋَ ﺠُ ﻮ ٌز‬ ‫َﺻ َﻼ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﱪ ِْج‪َ .‬ﻗ َﺮﻋَ ﺎ ﺟَ َﺮ َس ِاﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘﺪْﻋَ ﺎءِ َو َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ أَﻧْﺤَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﻠ َﺪةِ‪ .‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا و َ‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ‬
‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٌة ِﺟﺪٍّا ﻟ ِِﻼ ْﻫﺘِﻤَ ﺎ ِم ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ ِﻲ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻦ أ َ ﱠن ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َ‬ ‫ْﺧ ِﻞ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺪَاﻳَ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ﻮز‬‫ني أ َ ْﻗﻨَﻌَ ﺘَﺎ ُه ِﺑﺄ َ ْن ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ َﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ُﱪ ِْج‪ .‬ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﺴ َﻜ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻮ ﱢَﺳ َﻠﺘَ ْ ِ‬

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‫َﺻ َﻼ ِﻟ ْﻠﻘِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ر َﻓﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼ ِﻟ َﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ َة‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫َﺻﻌِ ﺪ َِت ﱠ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫ﱪ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻔﺘُﻮﺣَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬
‫اج وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪَاﺧِ ِﻦ‪َ .‬ﺳﺤَ ﺒ َْﺖ َرأ ْ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ‬ ‫َرأ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﺪدًا َﻫﺎﺋ ًِﻼ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ ُﻘ ِﻒ و َْاﻷَﺑْ َﺮ ِ‬
‫َ‬
‫ﻃ َﻼ ِق‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻹ ْ‬
‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٍْت َﺧﺎﻓِ ٍﺖ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻫﺬَا ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ُ‬ ‫و ََﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﰲ َ‬
‫َ‬ ‫أَﻧ ْ َﺰ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ْر ِض و ََﻗﺎد ََﻫﺎ ﻋَ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎن‬‫اﻟﻀﻴ ِﱢﻖ إ ِ َﱃ أ ْﺳ َﻔ َﻞ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ﻳَﺘﱠ ِﺠﻬَ ِ‬ ‫ﱪ اﻟ ﱠﺪ َر ِج ﱠ‬
‫ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺎر ِس‪َ ،‬ﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ُﻣﻮَاءً ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴًﺎ‪.‬‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ‪.‬‬‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ِﻤ َﺴﺎﺣَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة َوﻧ َ َ‬‫ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َﻔ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﻞ‪ ،‬أ َ َﺷﺎ َر َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ َﺳ ﱠﻠ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرأَى ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻣُﻬْ ﺘَﻤﱠ ًﺔ ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ ٍﻂ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ!«‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬أُوه‪َ ،‬ﻛ ْﻢ ﻫِ َﻲ َﻟ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺼﻮ َل ﻋَ َﲆ وَاﺣِ َﺪةٍ؟«‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَ َﻮد َ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪َ :‬‬
‫ﻆ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ؟«‬ ‫– »أَﺣْ ﺘَﻔِ ُ‬
‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ أ َ ْﺧﺬُ َﻫﺎ ُﻛ ﱢﻠﻬَ ﺎ إِذَا‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ‪ .‬أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة إِذَا أَﺣْ ﺒَﺒ ِْﺖ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫– »ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ِ ،‬ﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬
‫أ َ َرد ِْت‪«.‬‬
‫»ﻫ ْﻞ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻟِﻜﻼرا‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺳﺘَﺠْ ِﻠﺒُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫اﺑْﺘَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ ﱠ‬
‫ني ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم وَا ْﻟﺒَﺎﻗِ ﻲ َﻻﺣِ ًﻘﺎ؟«‬ ‫أ َ ْﺧﺬُ اﺛْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬
‫ﴬ َﻫﺎ َﻟﻚِ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ!«‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ إِﻧﱢﻲ َﺳﺄُﺣْ ِ ُ‬ ‫ﺿﺎﺣِ ًﻜﺎ‪ِ » :‬ﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َر ﱠد اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ َ‬
‫ﻴﻘ ًﺔ أ َ ْو أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﰲ ْ‬
‫اﺧ ِﺘﻴ َِﺎر‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة دَﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗ َﻀ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫أ َ َﺷﺎ َر ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﺗَﻌِ ُ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﻢ‬
‫ﺎت ﱡ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ﺘْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﺟُ ﻴُﻮ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ِﺎز َﻟ ًﺔ َد َرﺟَ ِ‬ ‫َﺎن ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫ني َﺳﺘَﺬْ َﻫﺒ ِ‬ ‫ني اﻟ ﱠﻠﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺘَ ْ ِ‬‫ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸ ِﺎر ِع‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱢﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ِﺮ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺒ ﱢَﻘﻴ ََﺔ ِﻟﺘَ ِﺼ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎت ِﻷُﻋِ ﻴﺪَكِ ؟«‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ‪» :‬أ َ ْرﺑَﻌَ َﺔ ِﺑﻨ ْ َﺴ ٍ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ َﻟﺪَى ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬
‫َﺎب‪.‬‬ ‫أَوْﻣَ ﺄ َ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﺳﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗَ ِﺒﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ﻟِﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة‬
‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم‪ .‬ﱠ‬ ‫ﻐري َة! اذْ َﻫ ِﺒﻲ َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا إ ِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋِ ﻲ ﻳَﺎ آﻧ َِﺴﺘ َِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎﻋِ ﻲ! أ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫– »أ َ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻈ ِﺎركِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ِﰲ اﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱠﻲ وَاﻗِ ًﻔﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺪ َر ِج‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎب وَأ َ ْﻏ َﻠ َﻘ ُﻪ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺗَ ِﺎر ًﻛﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻧ ْ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ِﻴﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻤَ ﻌَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَﻌْ ﻨ ِ‬ ‫َد َﻟ َﻔ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ و ْ‬
‫ﺗَﻌْ ﻨِﻴﻔِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﺘُﺪَاﻓِ َﻊ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻹﺟَ ﺎﺑ َُﺔ‪.‬‬
‫»ﻣﻴَﺎوْ‪َ «.‬ﻫ َﻜﺬَا ﺟَ ﺎء َِت ْ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز وَاﻗِ َﻔ ًﺔ ِﰲ َﻏ َﻀ ٍﺐ‪» .‬أدﻳﻠﻬﺎﻳﺪ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ُﻗ ْﻠ ِﺖ؟«‬ ‫َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ِت ﱠ‬
‫»ﻣﻴَﺎوْ! ِﻣﻴَﺎوْ!«‬ ‫ْت ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻮَاءِ‪ِ ،‬‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬‫ﻃﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻗ ْﻞ …« َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻗﺎ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة‬
‫َﺎق‪َ .‬ﺳﺎ َر ِت ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﺒ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺤِ ﻚِ َو َﻛﺎ َد ﻳ ُْﺴﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮﺑ ًَﺔ ِﰲ َﻛﺘْ ِﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ﻳ َِﺠ ُﺪ ُ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ْت‪.‬‬‫اﻟﺼﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺪ َر َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬ ‫روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ إ ِ َﱃ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻟ َِﱰَى ﻣَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أ َ ْ‬
‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٌة! ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن! ﺗﻴﻨﻴﺖ! أ َ ْﺧ ِﺮﺟَ ﺎ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ َة‬ ‫ﻂ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٌ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ ذُﻋْ ًﺮا‪» :‬ﻗِ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر ْت َوذَ َﻫﺒ َْﺖ ﻟ ُِﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌِ َ‬
‫ﻴﺸ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻫﺎ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا!« َو ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻤْ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﻴﻀ َﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ! ُﺧﺬَ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﻐِ َ‬
‫ني ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ﻴُﻮ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻄﺘَ ْ ِ‬‫َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَاﻗِ َﻔ ًﺔ َو َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا‪ .‬أ َ َﺧﺬَ ِت ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬
‫َﺿﻌَ ﺘْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣِ ﺠْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎةِ‪.‬‬ ‫َوو َ‬
‫ﺻﺪ ِْر َﻫﺎ‪» :‬ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬أَﻳ َْﻦ وَﺟَ ﺪ ِْت‬ ‫ني إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ني ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺘَ ْ ِ‬‫ﻀ ﱡﻢ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬‫َﺧ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ﻣَ َﺮﺣً ﺎ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ُ‬ ‫َﴏ َ‬
‫ني؟«‬ ‫ني اﻟ ﱠﻠ ِﻄ َ‬
‫ﻴﻔﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَﺗَ ْ ِ‬‫ني ﱠ‬ ‫َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻄ ْﺖ‬ ‫ني َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗُ ِﺠﺐْ ‪َ .‬ﻏ ﱠ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْﺪَﻓِ ﻌَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬‫ﻄﺘَ ْ ِ‬‫ﻄﺎ َر َد ِة ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣَ ْﺸ ُﻐﻮ َﻟ ًﺔ ِﰲ ُﻣ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﺠَ ِﺎو َرةِ‪ .‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ﱠن ﻛﻼرا َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ِﺖ‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻜﺎﺗُﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أَو َِاﻣ ِﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة َﺳﺘَ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ْﺧ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَﺎءَ َة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﺠَ ِﺎو َر ِة وَﻋَ ﻠِﻤَ ْﺖ أ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﴫ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ﺎت‪.‬‬‫ﻮﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﺺ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ َل ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﻠُ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﻮ ُْﺳﻌِ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﺘُ َﺨ ﱢﻠ َ‬
‫»ﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﻀ ِﻠ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ِﺟ ْﺪ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧًﺎ ِﻟﺘُ َﺨﺒﱢﺌَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻠﻨَﺎ‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﺳ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا‪ِ :‬‬
‫ف‪.‬‬‫ﻄ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ات ذَﻳ ٍْﻞ أ َ ْﺳ َﻮ ِد اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٍة ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ ذَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺎءَ َ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ!« َوﺗَﻤَ ﱠﺴ َﻜ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻧَﺤْ ﺘَﻔِ َ‬
‫ﺎن َﻻ ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺿﻌُ ﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫»ﺳﺄَﻋْ ﻤَ ُﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَﻟِﻚ‪َ .‬ﺳﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎبَ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ِﺑﺎﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ٍﺔ‪َ :‬‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ِﺢ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬
‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑﺄﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫و ََﻫ َﻜ َﺬا َذ َﻫﺒ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَﻛﻼرا إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ و َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠﻤَ ِ‬
‫ﻳﺢ‪.‬‬
‫اش ﻣ ُِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ِفءٍ ِﰲ ﻓِ َﺮ ٍ‬ ‫َود ْ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺘﺎﺳﻊ‬

‫ا ْﳌ َ ُﺎل َوا ْﻟ ِﻘ َ‬
‫ﻄ ُ‬
‫ﻂ‬

‫َﺎب ِﻣ َﺮا ًرا َوﺗَ ْﻜ َﺮا ًرا ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﺟَ ﺎبَ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ‪َ .‬ﻗ َﺮ َع ﺟَ َﺮ َس ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ﻋَ ﺎ َد ﱠ‬
‫َﺳﺄ َ َل و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َْﻔﺘَﺢُ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ ِﺑﻌُ ﻨ ْ ٍﻒ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌْ ﻨَﻰ َﻫﺬَا؟«‬
‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ‪» :‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ َرى ﻛﻼرا‪«.‬‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎبَ ﱠ‬
‫َﺳﺄ َ َل ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ِﺑ ُﺨ ُﺸﻮﻧ َ ٍﺔ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ؟«‬
‫ﺎت‪«.‬‬ ‫َﺿﺤً ﺎ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ٌﺔ ِﱄ ِﺑﺜَﻤَ ﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ِﺔ ِﺑﻨ ْ َﺴ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ ُﻣﻮ ﱢ‬‫َر ﱠد ﱠ‬
‫ﺿﺤِ َﻚ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن‪» :‬أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻨُﻮ ٌن!«‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻳﻖ ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﱪ ِْج وَأ َ ْرﺑَﻌَ ِﺔ ِﺑﻨ ْ َﺴ ٍ‬
‫ﺎت ِﻟ َﺪ ﱢﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬‫ﺎت ِﻟ َﺪ ﱢﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫– »إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ٌﺔ ِﱄ ِﺑﺄ َ ْرﺑَﻌَ ِﺔ ِﺑﻨ ْ َﺴ ٍ‬
‫ﻳﻖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َدةِ‪«.‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﺮ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة َﻻ ﺗَ ْﺨ ُﺮجُ أَﺑَﺪًا‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ْريَ!‬ ‫– »أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﺗُ َﺮ ﱢد ُد ْاﻷ َ َﻛﺎذِ ﻳﺐَ ! ْاﻵﻧ َِﺴ ُﺔ ﱠ‬
‫َﺎب‪.‬‬‫دَﻋْ ﻨَﺎ و ََﺷﺄْﻧَﻨَﺎ!« وَﺣَ ﺎ َو َل ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن إ ِ ْﻏ َﻼ َق ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬
‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﺣَ ِﺎز ٍم‪َ » :‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ‬ ‫ِﻲ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ و ََﻗﺎ َل ِﺑ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺒَﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻓ ُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻬْ ِﻞ إ ِ َﺧ َ‬
‫َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َرأَﻳْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﱠ‬
‫َان َوﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِي ِردَاءً ﺑُﻨﱢﻴٍّﺎ‪.‬‬‫ﺎن َﺳ ْﻮدَاو ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِﺎر ِع‪َ .‬ﻟ َﺪﻳْﻬَ ﺎ َﺷﻌْ ٌﺮ أ ْﺳ َﻮ ُد َﻗ ِﺼريٌ َوﻣُﺠَ ﻌﱠ ﺪٌ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ ِ‬
‫ﻳﻘ ِﺘﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬‫ﱠث ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ َ‬ ‫و ََﻻ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ِﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ‪ «.‬ﻫﻜﺬا َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن‪،‬‬ ‫– »أ َ َﻫﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ و ََﻗﻌَ ِﺖ ْاﻵﻧ َِﺴ ُﺔ ﱠ‬
‫َني ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫ﺿﺎﺣِ ًﻜﺎ ﺑَﻴْﻨ َ ُﻪ َوﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ِﻠﺼ ِﺒ ﱢﻲ‪» :‬ﺗَﻌَ ﺎ َل إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل ﻟ ﱠ‬
 ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬

‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱠﻲ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﻴﺸ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ﱠﺪ َم ﱠ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻼ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬‫أ َ ْر َﺷ َﺪ ُه ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن ﻣُﻤْ ِﺴ ًﻜﺎ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ ُﺳ َﻠﺤْ َﻔﺎ ًة َ‬ ‫ﻒ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ و َ‬ ‫ِﺼ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ُﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫ني وَا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﱢﻠ ِﻢ‪ .‬أَﻋْ َ‬
‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ني‪.‬‬‫ﺿﺤِ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻜﺎﺋ ِِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪ .‬أَﺛَﺎ َر ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َ‬
‫َﺎب‪» .‬ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َﻔﺎ!«‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ َق ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ﺛَﻮَاﻧ َِﻲ َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ِﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ ﻣُﺤَ ِﺎو َﻟ ًﺔ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﺴﻜ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ِﻲ‬‫ﺎت اﻟﺒَﻬْ ﺠَ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﺑَﻘ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎن ﺿﺤِ َﻜﺎﺗ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻛﻼرا ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗﺘﻤَ ﱠﻜ ْﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛﺘ ِﻢ َﴏَﺧ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺧﻔﻀ ِﺖ اﻟﻔﺘﺎﺗ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻮف‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﺳ َﻠﺤْ َﻔﺎ ُة‬ ‫ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج‪ ،‬ﻳ َْﻀﺤَ ُﻚ ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ٍة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻛﺎ َد َﻻ ﻳ َْﻘ ِﺪ ُر ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻮ ُُﻗ ِ‬
‫ﻒ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱢﻲ ْاﻷَﻟ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ َﻔ َﺰ ِت‬ ‫ﺎن‪ ،‬ﺗَ ْﺰﺣَ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺑَﺪَا أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ِﰲ أيﱢ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ﴫ ُخ‪.‬‬ ‫ﳼ َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﺗَ ْ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ َﻓﻮ َْق ُﻛ ْﺮ ِ ﱟ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
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‫وﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻓ ْﻮ ًرا!«‬ ‫َان! ﺧﺬ ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱠﻲ وَا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮ َ‬ ‫وﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﺧ ِﺎرﺟً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ُ‬
‫أﻣَ َﺮ ْت‪» :‬ﺧﺬ ُ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َﺎب‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱠﻲ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪ ،‬ﻣُﻤْ ِﺴ ًﻜﺎ ِﺑ ُﺴ َﻠﺤْ َﻔﺎﺗ ِِﻪ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺬَبَ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ﱠ‬
‫»ﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱢﻲ‪ .‬و ََﻗﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ ُْﻐﻠ ُِﻖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﺎﻣ ﱠﻲ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫َاق‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻼ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱡﺮو ِ‬ ‫و َ‬
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‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎ ُل ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻵﻧ َِﺴ ِﺔ ﻛﻼرا‪ .‬أﻧْﻔِ ْﻘ ُﻪ ِﺑﺤِ ْﻜﻤَ ٍﺔ!«‬
‫ﺼﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ و ََﻗﺎ َل إ ِ ﱠن َﺷ ْﺨ ً‬ ‫ﻃ َﻊ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﺎن اﻟ ﱠﺪ ْر َس ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪َ .‬ود َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ د ََﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ َﻗﺎ َ‬
‫ﴬ َﺳ ﱠﻠ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻢ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻵﻧ َِﺴ ُﺔ ﻛﻼرا َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا‪.‬‬ ‫أَﺣْ َ َ‬
‫ﴬ َﻫﺎ ِﱄ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﻀ ِﻠ َﻚ!«‬ ‫»ﱄ أَﻧَﺎ؟ أَﺣْ ِ ْ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ِﺑﺪ َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪ِ :‬‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ِﺑﺤَ ْﺰ ٍم‪» :‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َد ْر ِﺳﻚِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻓﻌَ ُﻞ ْاﻵ َن‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻞ أُﺣْ ﺪ ُِق ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﱰﻛِﻴ َﺰ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺪ ْر ِس‪َ .‬ﺳﺄ َ َ‬ ‫– »أُوه‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ ﱠ ْ‬
‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٍة‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﻂ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ ُة ﻗِ َ‬‫ﻈ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﺧ َﺮﺟَ ْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ري ﻣُﺤْ َﻜ ٍﻢ‪ .‬و َِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءُ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻏِ َ‬‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﺜ ﱠ ُﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض َوﺗَﺘَ َﺴﺎﺑ َُﻖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ِاﻻﺗﱢﺠَ َ‬
‫ﻈ ِﺮي‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮوا َﻛ ْﻢ ﻫِ َﻲ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ! اﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ٍﺔ! اﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٍة َﻟ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫ﺎت َ‬ ‫َﻫﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا‪» :‬أُوه‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛﺎ ِﺋﻨ َ ٍ‬
‫ﻈ ِﺮي إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬهِ!«‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ .‬وَاﻧ ْ ُ‬
‫ﻒ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ‪َ .‬وو ََﻗ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ ُر ْﻛ ٍﻦ إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫َت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َرد ْ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻓ ْﺮﺣَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺎءَ ًة ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ٍة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎو َﻟ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﱢﻠ ُﻢ ِﺑﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ني‬ ‫ﺾ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ َوﺗَﺠْ ﻌَ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﻛ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻄ ْﻖ ِﺑ ِﺒﻨ ْ ِﺖ َﺷ َﻔ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ر َاﻗﺒ َْﺖ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬
‫ﴫ ُخ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺪْﻋِ ﻴ ًَﺔ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن وَﺗﻴﻨﻴﺖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗَﻬَ ﺎ َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﺗَ ْ ُ‬ ‫َت َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑ َﻼ ﺗَﻮ ﱡَﻗ ِﻒ‪ .‬أَﺧِ ريًا وَﺟَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﻀﺤَ َﻜ ِ‬

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‫ﻂ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎ ُل وَا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬

‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ‬
‫ﺎﻫﺎ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﻂ َوو َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻮن د ََﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻜﺎ ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪ .‬و َِﰲ ُﻏ ُ‬ ‫ﴬ ِاﻻﺛْﻨ َ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺣَ َ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ وَﺣْ ﺪ ََﻫﺎ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻂ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌِ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ .‬وَﺣَ ﻤَ َﻼ َﻫﺎ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ِﻟﻮ ْ‬
‫ات ﻣَ ﻌْ ﻨًﻰ َوذَ َﻫﺒ َْﺖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ًة ذَ َ‬ ‫ني ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫َاخ‪ ،‬أَﻋْ َ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴫ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬وﺑَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﻠِﻤَ ْﺖ أ َ ﱠن أَﺣْ ﺪ َ‬
‫َاث ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻬريَ ِة َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻧِﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ َﻓ ْﱰَ ِة اﻟ ﱠ‬‫ِﺑﺤُ ﻠُ ِ‬
‫ُﺻﻮﻟِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫وﱃ ِﻟﻮ ُ‬‫ﻈ ِﺔ ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺎﻣﺤَ َﺔ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺑ َﺴﺒ َِﺐ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﺛَﺎ َر ْت َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ﺐَ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬
‫ﻮب ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ َﺴﺘَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﺳ ُﻞ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻌْ ﻠِﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻏ ْريُ ﻣَ ْﺮ ُﻏ ٍ‬ ‫ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ إِذَا ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﺗَ ْﺮﺣَ َﻞ‪.‬‬
‫ﺎﺳﺐُ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ ْﻠﺘ ِِﻪ! أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ َﻓﺘَﺎ ٌة َﺳﻴﱢﺌَ ٌﺔ وَأ ُ ِرﻳﺪُكِ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ف ﻋِ َﻘﺎﺑًﺎ وَاﺣِ ﺪًا ﻳُﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫– »أدﻳﻠﻬﺎﻳﺪ‪ ،‬أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫َﺿﻌْ ﺘُﻚِ ِﰲ‬ ‫ني َد ْر َﺳﻚِ إِذَا و َ‬ ‫ﺎت ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻨَﺎ‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﺳﺘَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ﱡف َﻛﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧ َ ِ‬‫ﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ِﻤﻲ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ اﻟﺘﱠ َﴫ ُ‬
‫َان وَا ْﻟ َﺨﻨَﺎﻓِ ِﺲ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ْﻮدَاءِ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻠ ٍﻢ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻔِ ْﱤ ِ‬‫َﻗﺒ ٍْﻮ ُﻣ ْ‬
‫ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻤْ َﻠ ُﺔ ْاﻷَﺧِ ريَ ُة ﻛﻼرا ﺗَ ْﺸﻬَ ُﻖ‪» :‬أُوه‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ِﺮي‬
‫ُث‬‫ﳾءٍ َوﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢﺮ َر ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪َ .‬ﺳﻴ َِﺼ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‪َ .‬ﺳﺄ ُ ْﺧ ِﱪُ ُه ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬
‫ﻣَ َﻊ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪«.‬‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ‪» .‬إِذَ ْن َﺳﻨَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ وَا ِﻟﺪَكِ ﻳَﺎ آﻧ َِﺴ ُﺔ‬ ‫ض َر ْﻏﺒ ََﺔ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻌَ ِﺎر َ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ِﻦ ﱠ‬
‫ﱠث ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ أَﻧَﺎ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻛﻼرا‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َﺳﺄَﺗَﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ﺎل‬ ‫َت ﻛﻼرا أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ﻣَ َﺮﺣً ﺎ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ اﻧْﺘ َِﻘ ِ‬ ‫َاث ﻣ ُِﻬﻤﱠ ٍﺔ‪ .‬و ََﻏﺪ ْ‬ ‫ُون أَيﱢ أَﺣْ ﺪ ٍ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ِت ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ُم ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴ َُﺔ د َ‬
‫ِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ِني ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮﻣ ﱢ‬‫وس َوﻟِﻠ ﱡﺮوﺗ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ُروﺣً ﺎ ﻣَ ِﺮﺣَ ًﺔ ﻟِﻠ ﱡﺪ ُر ِ‬ ‫ﺿ َﺎﻓ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺰا ِﺋ َﺮ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ﻴ ِْﺶ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ َ‬
‫ري َﻗﺎدِ َر ٍة‬ ‫َت َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫وف َوﺑَﺪ ْ‬‫َني ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻂﺑْ َ‬ ‫ﺺ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻤَ ﻠِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺨ ِﻠ ُ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﺗُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل اﻟﺘﱠﻤَ ﱡﻠ َ‬
‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ َِﻔ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺎ َو َل ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺠْ ﻌَ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﺷ َﻜﺎﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﻠ ِﻤﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﱢﻠ ُﻢ َﻟ ْﻔ َﺖ ﻧ َ َ‬
‫ﻃﺎﺋ ٍِﺮ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ري أ َ ْو ذَا َك ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ْﻜ ِﻞ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺎر َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻮق َ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ْﻜ ِﻞ ﺑ ٍ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺮى َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ َ‬
‫»ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﺣَ ﻤَ ﺎﻣَ ٌﺔ! و ََﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻣَ ﺎﻋِ َﺰ ٌة!«‬ ‫ﺎﺳ َﺔ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻓﺘَ ُﻘﻮ َل َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﺳﺎذَﺟً ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ‪َ :‬‬ ‫إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﻟﻴ َِﺰﻳ َﺪ ﺣَ ﻤَ َ‬
‫ﻳﻘ ٍﺔ‬ ‫وف َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺑَﺪَا أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ ِق أ َ ْن ﻳَﺠْ ﻌَ َﻞ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَﺘَﺬَ ﱠﻛ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﱢﻠ ُﻢ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ اﻟ ﱡ‬
‫وف ْاﻷَﺑْﺠَ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ري َﻗﺎدِ َر ٍة ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﻠ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﻨْﺠَ ﺢُ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻏ ْ َ‬
‫ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَ ْﺰدَا ُد َﻗ َﻠ ًﻘﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻗ َﻀ ْﺖ أ ُ ْﺳﺒُﻮﻋً ﺎ ِﰲ ﻓﺮاﻧﻜﻔﻮرت و َْاﻵ َن‬
‫ﴬ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ِﺮ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻮ ِْن ْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َ ِ‬ ‫اق ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻢ و َْﻗﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﺗَ َﺨﻴ ِﱡﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ .‬ﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ َﺳﺘَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﻮ ُل أ َ ْو َر ُ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﴤ ﻣُﻌْ َ‬

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‫ﺎت َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَ ْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑﺤَ ﻨ ٍ‬

‫ِني‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ْاﻷَو َْﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﻮءِ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔ َﺮاءُ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫و ََﺳﺘَ ْﻠﻤَ ُﻊ اﻟ ﱡﺰ ُﻫﻮ ُر ﱠ‬
‫َﺿﻊَ‪ .‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا ِﰲ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر ْت أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﺷﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻻ ﺗَ َﻜﺎ ُد ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱠ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻮ ْ‬
‫ﻆ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱠ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳﺪَ‪َ .‬ر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓﺘِﻬَ ﺎ وَﺟَ ﻤَ ﻌَ ْﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ْاﻷ َ ْرﻏ َِﻔ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَﻔِ ُ‬
‫أَﺟْ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪ .‬وَأَﻣْ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة د ََﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻗﺒﱠﻌَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﺰ َل أَﺧِ ريًا إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ٌة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ ُ ْﺰ َﻫ ٍﺔ‬ ‫َﺎب ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﺎﻣ ﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎﺑَ َﻠ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬
‫ري َﻫﺎ‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫َﻏ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْﻗﺪَا ِم‪.‬‬
‫ﺎل‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﺒ ََﺴ ْﺖ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫– »إ ِ َﱃ أَﻳ َْﻦ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ذَاﻫِ ﺒ ٌَﺔ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ؟« َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫ني أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻏ ْريُ ﻣَ ْﺴﻤ ٍ‬
‫ُﻮح َﻟﻚِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ َﻔ ْﺖ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪» :‬أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ِﻓ َ‬ ‫ث ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴ َْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺮ ِﻣﻴَﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ ِﺮ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ﱢ‬
‫ِﺑﻤ َُﻐﺎ َد َر ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل!«‬
‫ﻮت َﺧﺎﻓِ ٍﺖ‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ ذَاﻫِ ﺒ ٌَﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ٍ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑ َ‬
‫ﳾءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبَ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل؟ َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻚِ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ْاﻷ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫– »ذَاﻫِ ﺒ ٌَﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل! أَﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ َ‬
‫ﻴﻞ! ﻣَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَﺪْﻋُ ﻮكِ ﻟِﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ َﻫﺬَا؟«‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ إِذَ ِن اﻟ ﱠﺮﺣِ ﻴ َﻞ؟ أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِﻛ َﺮ ُة ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ َ‬
‫ﻈ ِﺎري‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪةِ‪» :‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد َة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ِﻷ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َة ِﺑﺎﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬
‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ََﺴ ْﻊ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﺮ ﱠد ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄﺎءِ ﺑﻴﱰ أَيﱠ ﺟُ ﺒ ٍْﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻠﴬ ِب ِﻷَﻧﱢﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أَﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜ َﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ إِﻋْ َ‬ ‫ض ﺟﺮﻳﻨﻔﻴﻨﺶ ﻟ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺘَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ُ‬‫َوإِذَا ﺑَﻘ ُ‬
‫ﻮر ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﲆ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ُﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﺋ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريُ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻦ أَﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜ َﻦ أَﺑَﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَﻌِ ُ‬
‫و…«‬
‫َت ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر ْت و َ‬
‫َﺻﻌِ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ُ‬
‫ِﻳﺚ!« ﺛ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ‪» :‬ﺗَﻮَﻗﻔِ ﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺻﺎد ََﻓ ْﺖ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻖ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺪ َر ِج‪ .‬و َِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬
‫ﺎت!‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘِ ﻴ َﱠﺔ ﻟِﻠﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا! إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﻮ ُه ِﺑﺤَ ﻤَ َﺎﻗ ٍ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ َة ﱠ‬
‫ﻮﻗ َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴬ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﻠُ َ‬ ‫أﻣَ َﺮﺗْﻪُ‪» :‬أَﺣْ ِ ْ‬
‫ﺎل ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ ِﺮ!«‬‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬‫ﺺ ِﻣ ْﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫َوﺗَ َﺨ ﱠﻠ ْ‬
‫»ﻫ ْﻞ و ََﻗﻌْ ِﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا؟«‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱡﺪ ﻳَ َﺪ ُه إ ِ َﱃ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ :‬‬
‫»ﻻ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ري ُة َرأ ْ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت اﻟ ﱡﺪﻣُﻮ ُع ﺗَ َﱰ َْﻗ َﺮ ُق ِﰲ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻃﺄ َ ِت ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺄ ْ َ‬
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‫ُﻮع ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻗ َﻀﻴْﺘ ِِﻪ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َﻻ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ﺤِ ﻲ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺄ َ ْن ﺗَﺠْ ﻌَ َﻠﻚِ ﺗَﻌِ َ َ‬
‫ﻴﺴ ًﺔ‪ .‬أﻧ ْ ِﺖ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺒْﻜِﻲ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة ِﰲ ْاﻷ ْﺳﺒ ِ‬
‫ات‪َ .‬ﻓ ْﻠﻨُﻌِ ْﺪ أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَكِ َوﻧَﺬْ َﻫﺐْ ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِ‬‫ني ﻋَ ْﴩ ِ‬‫َﺎت ِﰲ ِﺳﻨﱢﻚِ ُﻛ ﱠﻦ َﺳﻴَﺒْ ِﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﻴ ِ‬‫ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ .‬ﻣُﻌْ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ‪«.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬
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‫ﴪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﰲ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺐ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻜ ِ ُ‬ ‫أَوْﻣَ ﺄ َ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﺳﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻈﺎﻫِ ِﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎ ٍم و َِﰲ ﺣُ ْﺰﻧِﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َاﺿﺤً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺸﺎءِ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻛ ْﻞ أَيﱠ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ و ِ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ُد ُر َ‬
‫وﺳﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫اﻫﺎ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫اج ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎةِ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻗﻠ َِﻘ ًﺔ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬
‫ري ِﻣ َﺰ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ِﺑﺘَ َﻐ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻬْ ﺘَ ﱠﻢ ﱠ‬
‫ﻴﻔﺘُﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻬْ ﺘَ ﱠﻢ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ و َِﻇ َ‬ ‫ﱡف ِﺑﺠُ ﻨ ُ ٍ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺛ ﱠ ِﺔ أ َ ْو أ َ ْن ﺗَﺒْﺪَأ َ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ َﴫ ِ‬
‫َاع ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻘ َﻠ ِﻖ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﱢﻠ ِﻢ ِﺑ َﺸﺄ ِن ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬وَأ ﱠﻛ َﺪ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ د ٍ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫ﻂ ِﺑﺤَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ ﻟ َِﻘ َﻀﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ِﺪ‬ ‫ري‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒ ًَﺔ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ﱠ ْ‬
‫اﻟﴚءِ َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﺑ َﺨ ْ ٍ‬
‫ﻮل ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﻌْ ﻠِﻴ ٍﻢ َﻻﺋ ٍِﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ِﺑﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ اﻵﻧ َِﺴ ِﺔ ﻛﻼرا َوﻟِ ْﻠﺤُ ُ‬
‫ﻒ‬ ‫ﻈ َ‬ ‫َاﺟ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻨ َ ﱢ‬‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن ِﻣ ْﻦ و ِ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ ﻟِﻤَ ْ‬
‫ني‪َ ،‬ﺳﻴَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُﻊ أ َ ْن‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ِﰲ ﺧِ َﻼ ِل ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم أ َ ِو اﺛْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل ﱠ‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪ .‬ﻣَ َﻊ و ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة َﻗﻠ ً‬
‫ﻃ ٍﺔ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻔﻊَ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻳَ َﺮى اﻟ ﱠﺰا ِﺋ َﺮ َة ﺗَﺘَ َﻠ ﱠﻘﻰ ِرﻋَ ﺎﻳ ًَﺔ ﺣَ َﺴﻨ َ ًﺔ‪ .‬وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﻼ ِﺑ ُﺲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﻟﻴ َُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِﻳﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺒ ََﺴﺎ َ‬
‫َاب‬‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ْاﻷَﺛْﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﻠِﺢُ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ‪ .‬و ََﺳﺘُ ْ‬‫ني َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﺎس أ َ ِو اﺛْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺻ َﻐ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻛﻼرا ِﺑﻤَ َﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي أ َ ْ‬
‫ﺎﺳﺐَ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ِﺋ ٍﺬ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ إ ِ ْﻟ َﻘﺎءُ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺴﺎﺗ ِ‬
‫ِني اﻟﺜ ﱠ َﻼﺛ َ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ْاﻷ َ ْﻛ َ ِﱪ ِﺳﻨٍّﺎ ِﻟﺘُﻨ َ ِ‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﺧِ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱠ‬
‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺟَ ﺎء َْت ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﻳﺐ ﻳَﺘَ َﻼ َﳽ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﻟ َﻘ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻂ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْاﻷَﻣَ ُﻞ ِﰲ َرﺣِ ﻴﻠ ِﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﺨ َ‬
‫ﻃ ْﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒُ َﻜﺎءِ‪ .‬ﺑَ َﻜ ْﺖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ ﱠﻔ ْﺖ ُدﻣُﻮﻋُ ﻬَ ﺎ‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺴ ُﻦ‬ ‫ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ِرﻳ َﻜ ِﺔ ﻛﻼرا وَاﻧ ْ َﺨ َﺮ َ‬
‫َﺎح‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﺳﻴَﺘَ َﻔﻬﱠ ُﻢ َﺳﺒَﺐَ َر ْﻏﺒَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ْﺿﺎ ُع ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َِﺼ ُﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ْاﻷَو َ‬
‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪.‬‬

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‫َﺟ ﱠﺪ ٌة ُأ ْﺧ َﺮى‬

‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‬‫اﺿ ِﻄ َﺮاﺑًﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِة ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْﺘَ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺒﱠﺐَ َﺧ َﱪُ ﻋَ ْﻮ َد ِة ﱠ‬
‫ﻂ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ﱠن ُﻣ ﱠﺪ َة ﺑ ََﻘﺎﺋ ِِﻪ َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ِﺑ ْﻀﻌَ َﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَيﱢ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻤَ َ‬
‫ﺿﺎﻓِ ﻴﱠ ٍﺔ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻣﺘَ َﺸﻮ َﱢﻗ ًﺔ ِﻷ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻘﺎ ِﺑ َﻞ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن وَا ِﻟﺪ ََﻫﺎ َﺳﻴ َْﻘ ِﴤ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ دَﻗِ َ‬
‫ﻴﻘ ٍﺔ إ ِ َ‬
‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴ َْﺴﺘَﻤْ ِﺘ ُﻊ ِﺑ َﺸ ْﺨ ِﺼﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ُﺻﻮﻟِ ِﻪ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ُﺚ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﺑْﻨَﺘ ِِﻪ ﻛﻼرا‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ و ُ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َﻓﻌَ َﻠ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ﱠو ُل َ ْ‬‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن‬‫ﺎن ِاﻻﺛْﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن وَا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒ َُﻼ ِت‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫِ َﻲ وَﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺐ‪َ .‬ﺳ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ْاﻷَبُ ﻋَ َﲆ اﺑْﻨَﺘ ِِﻪ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷَﺣْ َﻀ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ﻳَ َﺪ ُه إ ِ َﱃ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬وَﻫِ ِﺬ ِه ﻫِ َﻲ‬ ‫َﺎط ﺑَﻌْ ِﻀ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ِﺑﺒَﻌْ ِﺾ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻣَ ﱠﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫َي ِاﻻ ْرﺗِﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺷﺪِﻳﺪ ِ‬
‫َﺻﺎﻓِ ﺤِ ﻴﻨِﻲ!«‬ ‫ﺎﱄ ْ و َ‬ ‫ﻳﴪﻳ ُﱠﺔ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة‪ .‬ﺗَﻌَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﻮ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﺎﺗُﻨَﺎ ﱢ‬
‫ﻄﺘْ ُﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻳَﺪ ََﻫﺎ وَاﺑْﺘَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ‪.‬‬ ‫أَﻋْ َ‬
‫َ‬ ‫– »و َْاﻵ َن أ َ ْﺧ ِ ِﱪﻳﻨِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻫ ْﻞ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ وَﻛﻼرا َ‬
‫َﺎن ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫َﺎن َوﺗَﺒْ ِﻜﻴ ِ‬‫ﺎن؟ أ ْم ﺗَ ْﻐ َﻀﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺣَ ِﻤﻴﻤَ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬
‫ِﻳﻘﺘَ ِ‬
‫ان ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ؟«‬ ‫ﺎن َوﺗَﺘَ َﺸﺎﺟَ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ َﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَ َ‬
‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒ ٌَﺔ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬أُوه‪َ ،‬ﻻ‪ .‬ﻛﻼرا َ‬
‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪» :‬وَﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻻ ﺗُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل ا ْﻟﻤُﺠَ ﺎ َد َﻟ َﺔ أَﺑَﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ِﺑ ُ ْ‬
‫ﺎع ذَﻟِﻚ‪ .‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ َﻏﺪَاﺋ َِﻲ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺾ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ْﺮ ِﺳﻴﱢ ِﻪ‪» :‬أﻧَﺎ َﺳﻌِ ﻴ ٌﺪ ﻟ َِﺴﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻨْﻬَ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﱠ‬
‫َﺎﴍ ًة! و ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ أَﻣْ ﻨَﺤُ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ‬ ‫ﻃﻮَا َل ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َﺳﺄ َ َرا ُﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ُه ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ْاﻵ َن‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ آ ُﻛ ْﻞ َ‬
‫ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺪَاﻳَﺎ!«‬
 ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬

‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة‬ ‫َﺻ َﻔ ْﺖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ و َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ِﺑﻬﺎﻳﺪي ِﺟﺪٍّا‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫أُﻋْ ِﺠﺐَ ﱠ‬
‫ِﻲ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﻮي أ َ ْن ﻳُﺒْﻘ َ‬
‫ﱪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ َﺔ‪ .‬ﺑَ ْﻞ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬
‫روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ َم ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ َة ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة‬‫ﻃ َﻠﺐَ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ٌﺔ َراﺋِﻌَ ٌﺔ ِﻻﺑْﻨَﺘ ِِﻪ ﻛﻼرا‪َ .‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻮ َِار‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ َﺪﻳْﻬَ ﺎ َﺷ ْﺨ ِﺼﻴ ٌﱠﺔ ُﻣﺒ ِْﻬﺠَ ٌﺔ وَﻫِ َﻲ َ‬
‫ُث وَﻫِ َﻲ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺨِ َ‬‫ﻄ ٍﻒ وَأ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗُﻌَ ﺎﻗِ ﺒَﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ﱠ‬ ‫روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻌَ ِﺎﻣ َﻞ اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ ِﺑﻠُ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ‬‫ﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻇ ُ‬‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮﺑ ًَﺔ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﺎﻣ ُِﻞ ﻣَ َﻊ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﻴُ َﻮ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ُ‬‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻮ َِار‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذَا وَﺟَ ﺪ َِت ﱠ‬
‫آﺧ َﺮ ِﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ا ْﻟﻮَاﻗِ ِﻊ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠن ﺟَ ﱠﺪ َة ﻛﻼرا َﺳﺘَ ِﺼ ُﻞ ِﰲ ﺧِ َﻼ ِل أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن َﺷ ْﺨ ً‬
‫ات ﻧ َ ْﻔ ٍﻊ َﻫﺎﺋ ٍِﻞ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ُﻖ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛﺪًا أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ذَ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﻟ ِﻄ َ‬‫ﻟ َِﻘ َﻀﺎءِ إِﺟَ ﺎ َز ٍة َ‬
‫ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﺎﻣ ُِﻞ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ني‪.‬‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ٍة َﻗ ِﺼريَ ٍة َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﻮَﺟﱠ ﺐَ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبُ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑﺎرﻳﺲ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑَﻘ َ‬
‫ﻮل ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪َ .‬وﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻬَ ﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧَﺎ َدﺗْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨ َ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱢ َﺴ ًﺔ ِﻟﻮ ُ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺒ ًَﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ًة َﻏ ِ‬‫ﴎﻳﻌً ﺎ ِﺑﺠَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ َر َﺳ َﻢ َﻫﺬَا ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َ ِ‬
‫– »ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗُﻨَﺎدِ ﻳﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺠَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ﻌِ ﻴﻨَﻨِﻲ؟ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻨَﺎدِ ﻳﻬَ ﺎ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ِﺑ َﺴﻴﱢ َﺪﺗِﻲ‪«.‬‬
‫ﻂ وَﻣَ َﺸ ْﺖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻀ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ أَوْﻣَ ﺄ َ ْت ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﺳﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﺒَﻐِ َ‬
‫ات ﱠ‬ ‫َت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ َ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻮد ْ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ﻳُ ْﺰﻋِﺠُ ﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﺦ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ ﺗَ ْﻮ ِﺑ ُ‬
‫ُﺻﻮﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﺜْﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ ُﻞ ﻛﻼرا‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮل ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱢ َﺴ ًﺔ ِﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬‫َﺎح ﻳَ ْﻮ ِم و ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺤُ ﻠُ ِ‬
‫َﺻ َﻠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮﺑ َُﺔ‪ .‬د ََﻓ َﻊ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ﻣَ ْﻘﻌَ َﺪ ﻛﻼرا ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺤَ ﱢﺮ َك‬ ‫َﺿﺤِ َﻜﺘَﺎ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ﺎن و َ‬ ‫َﺧ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ِ‬‫و ََﴏ َ‬
‫ول ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗُ ْﺴﺘَﺪْﻋَ ﻰ ﻟِﻠﻨ ﱡ ُﺰ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ِﻟﺘُ َﻘﺎ ِﺑ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َة‪ .‬و َِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ‪ ،‬اﻧْﺘَ َ‬
‫ﱪﺗْﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﺰ َل‬
‫ﻃ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗﻴﻨﻴﺖ ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﺳﻬَ ﺎ وَأ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َ‬
‫ﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ إ ِ ْذ ُ ْ‬‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎر َ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﺮ ﻟ ِِﻼﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ْﻀ َ‬
‫إ ِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺐ‪.‬‬
‫»ﻫﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﺎء َِت اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ!‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒًﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗًﺎ َ‬ ‫ُﺧﻮ ِﻟﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َ‬ ‫أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ د ُ‬
‫ﻈ ْﺮ َﻟﻚِ !«‬ ‫ﺎﱄ ْ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َودَﻋِ ﻴﻨِﻲ أَﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺗَﻌَ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة‪«.‬‬
‫ري ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪﺗِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٍْت ﻋَ ْﺬ ٍب‪» :‬ﻣَ َﺴﺎءُ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة و ََﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺎ َر ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬
‫ﻳﻘ ُﺔ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ؟«‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ْﻀﺤَ ُﻚ‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ! َﻫ ْﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻫِ َﻲ َ‬
‫ْت أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ْ‬
‫اﺳﻤُﻚِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ اﻋْ ﺘَ َﻘﺪ ُ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ :‬‬
‫ﺎل‪ ،‬أَﻧَﺎ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ »ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ«‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ َﺔ‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ُﻛﻮ ُن ﻣَ َﻊ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬
‫ﻃ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَﺗِﻲ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺑَﺄ ْ َس ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫– َ‬
‫ﴘ َﻫﺬَا ِاﻻ ْﺳﻢَ‪ ،‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛﺬَﻟِﻚ؟«‬ ‫ﺗَﻨ ْ َ ْ‬

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‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬أُوه‪ ،‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻦ أَﻧ ْ َﺴﺎهُ‪«.‬‬

‫اﺳﻤُﻚِ ؟«‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪» :‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬
‫– »أَﻧَﺎ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ أُدْﻋَ ﻰ ِﺑﻬﺎﻳﺪي‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن أُدْﻋَ ﻰ أدﻳﻠﻬﺎﻳﺪ‪«.‬‬
‫اﺳﻤُﻚِ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ «.‬أ َ ْزﻋَ ﺞَ ذَﻟِﻚ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪» :‬إِذَا ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬إِذَ ْن َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ْ‬
‫َﺧ َﻠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ َﺔ ِﻟﺘَﻮ َﱢﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻗ ْﺪ د َ‬
‫اﻫﺘِﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا‪ .‬و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪،‬‬ ‫ني ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻫﺘَﻤﱠ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻟﺒَ ِﻘﻴﱠ ِﺔ ْاﻷُﻣْ ِﺴﻴَ ِﺔ‪ْ ،‬‬
‫ﱠث إ ِ َﱃ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈﻬْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬أَﻣْ َﻀ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﱰَاﺣَ َﺔ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺪ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُ ْ‬
‫ني‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌِ ﻴﱢ َ‬‫ﺎل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ أ َ ﱠن ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﱡﻠ ُﻢ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬
‫ﻃ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﱪﺗْﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬
‫وف ْاﻷَﺑْﺠَ ِﺪﻳ َﱠﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﱢﻠ َﻢ َﻓ ِﺸ َﻞ ِﰲ ﺗَﻌْ ﻠِﻴﻤِ ﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﺮ َ‬
‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة َﻛﻮْﻣَ ًﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮي إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻜﺘُ ِﺐ‪ «.‬وَأَﻋْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﻟِﻬﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬اﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫ا ْﻟ ُﻜﺘُ ِﺐ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻠ ﱠﻮﻧ َ ِﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ‬‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺪَاﻳَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬اﺑْﺘَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑ َﻔ َﺮ ٍح‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَﻟِﻚ َﻓﺘَﺤَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻜﺘَﺎبَ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧِﻲ وَأ َ ْ‬
‫ني‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت اﻟ ﱡﺪﻣُﻮ ُع ﺗَﻨْﻬَ ِﻤ ُﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و َِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ أ َ ِو اﺛْﻨَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْﺧ ًﺔ‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺪ َﱠﻗ ْﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻟ َﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫َﴏ َ‬
‫اﻧ ْ َﻔﺠَ َﺮ ْت ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒُ َﻜﺎءِ‪.‬‬
‫ﺎت‬ ‫ﴬ ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءٍ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َر ِة ِﺑﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋِ ﺒَﺎ َر ًة ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ ْﺮﻋً ﻰ أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِت ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة إ ِ َﱃ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬
‫اع‬‫ﺎن َر ٍ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻒ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َات‪ .‬و َِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْﺘَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ِ‬ ‫ﺾ ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ ﻳ َْﻘ ِﻀ ُﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻀﻬَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﺮﻋَ ﻰ وَا ْﻟﺒَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ِﻄﻴﻌِ ِﻪ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴﺪِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬
‫ﺼ ٌﺔ ُﻣﺒ ِْﻬﺠَ ٌﺔ‬ ‫ﺼ َﺔ َﻻﺣِ ًﻘﺎ‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَﺗِﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ َة‪َ .‬ﺳﺄ َ ْﻗ َﺮأ ُ َﻟﻚِ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺗَﺒْﻜِﻲ ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪َ :‬‬
‫ﻃ َﻼ ًﻗﺎ‪«.‬‬‫ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﺣُ ْﺰ ٌن إ ِ ْ‬
‫ﺾ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﱡﻜ ِﻢ ِﰲ ﺑُ َﻜﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ﱠﺮ َر ِت ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﻐ ﱢ َ‬
‫ري‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬
‫ﺎب‪.‬‬‫ﺻﻮ َر ِة ا ْﻟ ِﻜﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ري ُ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ َﻏ ْ ِ‬‫ﳾءٍ َ‬ ‫ْﺿﻮ َع ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻮ ُ‬
‫وﺳﻚِ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي؟ َﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤْ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ؟«‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺣَ ﺎ ُل ُد ُر ِ‬ ‫– » َﻛﻴ َ‬
‫ﻴﻞ أ َ ْن أَﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَﺤِ ِ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ِ :‬‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة‪» :‬ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا؟«‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫ﺻﻌْ ﺒ ٌَﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا ﻋَ َﲇﱠ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻷ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة َ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ِ :‬‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ِﰲ د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻚِ ذَﻟِﻚ؟«‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬

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‫ف ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴﺪِ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل وَﺣَ ﺎ َو َل َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ْﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﱡﻠ ِﻢ‪«.‬‬ ‫– »ﺑﻴﱰ َﻗﺎ َل ِﱄ ذَﻟِﻚ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫– »أُوه ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗُ َﺴ ﱢﻠ ِﻤﻲ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﻮﻟُ ُﻪ ﺑﻴﱰ‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﻘ ﱢﺮ ِري ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻚِ ‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ‬
‫ني إِذَا ﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ ِﺖ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ِﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛ َﺪ ٌة أَﻧﱠﻚِ َﺳﺘَﻨْﺠَ ﺤِ َ‬
‫َﻫ ﱠﺰ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َرأ ْ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫وف ْاﻷَﺑْﺠَ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻚِ‬ ‫»اﺳﺘَ ِﻤﻌِ ﻲ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ُﻗﻮﻟُﻪُ‪ .‬أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﻠ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻛﻤَ َﻠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪ْ :‬‬
‫ﺼﺪﱢﻗِ ﻲ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ُﻗﻮﻟُﻪُ‪ .‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﻠ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ ِة ِﰲ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ْﱠﻗ ِﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺑﻴﱰ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِِﻦ ْاﻵ َن ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ني ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺎت؟ َﺳﺘَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر َة اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻋِ ﻲ وَا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ِﻤﻌِ ﻲ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا‪َ ،‬ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَ َﺮﻳ َْﻦ ُ‬ ‫ري ِﺟﺪٍّا‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫َﻗ ِﺼ ٍ‬
‫ﺼ َﺔ و ََﺳ َﱰَﻳ َْﻦ َﻛ ْﻢ ﻫِ َﻲ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬
‫ني ﻗِ َﺮاءَﺗَﻪُ‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ِﺋ ٍﺬ َﺳﺘَﻌْ ِﺮ ِﻓ َ‬‫ﺎب ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻚِ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴﻌِ َ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ ِﻜﺘَ ِ‬
‫َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٌة‪ .‬ﻳُﻌْ ِﺠﺒُﻚِ َﻫﺬَا‪ ،‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛﺬَﻟِﻚ؟«‬
‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪» .‬أُوه‪َ ،‬ﻟﻴْﺘَﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة ْاﻵ َن!«‬ ‫ﺎس إ ِ َﱃ َﻛﻠِﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﻌَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑﺤَ ﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﻳﻼ‪َ ،‬ﺳﻨَﻌْ ﻤَ ُﻞ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ َق اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﱡﻠ ُﻢ و َْﻗﺘًﺎ َ‬
‫ﻳﺮ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪٍ‪َ .‬ﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻣُﻌْ ِﺠ َﺰ ٌة ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ! َﻫ َﺬا‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ِﺑ ْﻀﻌَ ِﺔ أ َ َﺳﺎ ِﺑﻴ َﻊ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﱢﻠ ُﻢ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة ِﺑﺘَ ْﻘ ِﺮ ٍ‬
‫أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ُﺮ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴ ُْﺖ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤَ ِﺖ ْاﻵﻧ َِﺴ ُﺔ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة!«‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣ َُﻐﺎ َد َر ِة ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﱢﻠ ِﻢ‪ ،‬ذَ َﻫﺒ َِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ِﻟﺘَﺒْﺤَ َﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ .‬و ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴ ِﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻮ َِر‬ ‫ري َذا ﱡ‬ ‫َت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ا ْﻟ ِﻜﺘَﺎبَ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ ِﺑﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ ﻛﻼرا َوﺗَ ْﻘ َﺮأ ُ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺪ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ ،‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﺒَﻘِﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪَاءِ‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬
‫َﻟﻚِ ْاﻵ َن‪«.‬‬
‫ﻆ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أَذْ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫»ﱄ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ أَﺣْ ﺘَﻔِ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َووَﺟْ ﻬُ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﻤَ ﱡﺮ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ‪ِ :‬‬
‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل؟«‬
‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻠ ُﻜﻚِ ﻟ ِْﻸَﺑَﺪِ‪َ .‬ﻏﺪًا َﺳﻨَﺒْﺪَأ ُ ِﰲ ﻗِ َﺮاءَﺗ ِِﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ِ ،‬ﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬

‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ذَﻟِﻚ ُﻫ َﻮ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻐ ِﻴريُ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴﱢ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ ُﺪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫وس ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺴ ُﻦ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ُد ُر ُ‬
‫َت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬ ‫ﻴﻀ ٌﺔ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺣِ ﻴ َﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻐِ َ‬ ‫ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أ َ ْن َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬
‫ﻳﺐ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‬‫ﺣَ ﻴ َِﻮﻳﱠﺘَﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﻬﻤَ ْﺖ أَﺧِ ريًا أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬
‫ﻴﻞ‪ .‬و ََﻫ َﻜﺬَا َزا َد ُﺷﻌُ ﻮ ُر َﻫﺎ‬ ‫أَﺑَﺪًا‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻣ َُﺸﺎ َر َﻛ َﺔ ﺣُ ْﺰﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ ﻛﻼرا وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة َﺳﻴَﺒْﺪُو ﻧ ُ ْﻜ َﺮاﻧًﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬
‫ﻈ ًﺔ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ْاﻷ َ ْﻛ َﻞ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻠﻘِ ﻲ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ َﻓﺄ َ ْ‬
‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ِن ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﺛ ْ َﻘ َﻞ َﻗ ْﻠﺒَﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬

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‫ُﴩ َﻗ ِﺔ‬‫ﻮر ِه و ََﺷﻤْ ِﺴ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر ُة ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ِﺑ ُﺰ ُﻫ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺒﺢَ وَﺣْ ﺪ ََﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ .‬و ِﺑﻤُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ ﻟ َِﺴﺎﻋَ ٍ‬
‫َت إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‬ ‫َ‬
‫َﺎح‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻌْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﺎد ْ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﱰَاءَى أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ ُ‬
‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮاﺗُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺰﻳﻨ َ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َة‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‪ .‬أ َ ْﻗ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﻮءِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ َوﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌِ ﱠﺪ ٌة ِﻟﺘَﺤِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ ِﰲ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪» :‬أ َ ْﺧ ِ ِﱪﻳﻨِﻲ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺎ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ وَاﻗِ ﻌَ ٌﺔ ِﰲ ﻣ ُْﺸ ِﻜ َﻠ ٍﺔ؟«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ِﺮ ْد أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﱪﺗْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻦ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ إِذَا أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة اﻟ ﱠ‬‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَ ْﺨ َﴙ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ِﴘءَ ﱠ‬
‫ﱪكِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ٍﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة؛ ِﻟ َﺬا َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﺑﺒ ََﺴﺎ َ‬‫ﺗَ ْﻜ َﺮ َﻫﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬
‫َ‬ ‫– »إِذَ ْن َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ِ‬
‫ﺎن‪،‬‬ ‫ﷲ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ‪ .‬إِذَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴﻌِ ﻲ إ ِ ْﺧﺒَﺎ َر أيﱢ إِﻧ ْ َﺴ ٍ‬
‫َﺻ ﱢﲇ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﻳ َُﺴﺎﻋِ ﺪَكِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ ِ ِﱪي ﷲ َ ِﺑﻤَ َﺸﺎ ِﻛﻠِﻚِ ‪ .‬و َ‬
‫ﺻ ﱢﲇ‪«.‬‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ أَﻋُ ْﺪ أ ُ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼ َﻼةِ؟«‬ ‫ﻮﱄ ِﱄ َﻫﺬَا ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي! ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ْﻔ ِﺖ ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺗَ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫– َ‬
‫اﻟﴚءِ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ِﻷ َ َﺳﺎ ِﺑﻴ َﻊ َو َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺻ ﱠﻠﻴ ُْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻞ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫»ﻻ َﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَﻟِﻚ! ﷲ ُ َﻻ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﻊُ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫– َ‬
‫ﻃ َﻠﺒْﺘُﻪُ‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ ﱠﻜ َﺴ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة َرأ ْ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ِﻞ ﷲ ُ ﻣَ ﺎ َ‬
‫ﻳﻘ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﷲ ُ َﻛ ِﺮﻳ ٌﻢ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬‫ُﺨ ِﻄﺌَ ٌﺔ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ِﺮي ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫– »أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﻣ ْ‬
‫ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻧَﺤْ ﺘَﺎﺟُ ُﻪ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ‪َ .‬وﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ُد أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَ َﺮى أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ِﻞ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳُﻌْ ِﻄﻴَﻚِ ﻣَ ﺎ‬
‫ني َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻄﻠُ ِﺒ َ‬
‫ني ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪِﻳﻨ َ ُﻪ ْاﻵ َن َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﺠﻴﺐُ َﻟﻚِ ‪َ .‬ﺳﺘَﺤْ ُ‬
‫ﺎﺳﺐُ ‪«.‬‬‫ﻳَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨ َ ِ‬
‫ﷲ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﺴ ِﺎﻣﺤَ ﻨِﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻃﻠُﺐُ ِﻣ َﻦ ِ‬ ‫»ﺳﺄَذْ َﻫﺐُ ْاﻵ َن وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ :‬‬
‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ُة‪َ .‬ﺳﻴ َُﺴﺎﻋِ ﺪُكِ َوﻳُﻌْ ِﻄﻴﻚِ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺳﻴَﺠْ ﻌَ ﻠُﻚِ َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪«.‬‬ ‫– »اذْ َﻫ ِﺒﻲ ﻳَﺎ َ‬
‫َﺿﻤﱠ ْﺖ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة إ ِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﻘﻌَ ٍﺪ َ‬
‫ﻳَ َﺪﻳْﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َِت ﷲ َ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺠْ ﻠِﺐُ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ َن‪ .‬ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﺳ َﻠ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﺴﺎﻋِ ﺪ ََﻫﺎ َوﻳُ ْﺮ ِﺟﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ‬
‫ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﻤﱡ ُﻞ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﻔﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ َل ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪةٍ‪.‬‬

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‫َﺷ َﺒ ٌﺢ ِﰲ ا ْﳌ َ ْﻨ ِﺰ ِل‬

‫ﺎن ﻫﺬا و َْﻗﺘًﺎ ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨًﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ ﻟِﻜﻼرا وَﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ .‬ﻣَ َﻀ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ َﺳﺎ ِﺑﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫أَﺧِ ريًا ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﻳَ ْﻮ ُم َرﺣِ ِ‬
‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﻬْ ﺠَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ُة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻬَ ﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻫِ َﻲ ا ْﻟ ِﻜﺘَﺎبُ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﻘ َﺮأ ُ ُه ِﰲ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ‬
‫ِﻴﻼ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا أ َ ﱠن آﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ َوﺑَ ِﻘﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﺗَﺘَﺒَ ﱠﺪ ُد َﻗﻠ ً‬
‫َﺎح‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫آل ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن‪ُ .‬ﻛ ﱠﻞ َ‬ ‫ُث ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ِ‬ ‫ﺾ ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن َﳾءٌ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺐٌ و ََﻏ ِﺎﻣ ٌ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ُون ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﺎﻣ ﱠﻲ ﻣَ ْﻔﺘُﻮﺣً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﻣ ْﴫَاﻋَ ﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ أَيﱡ أَﺣَ ٍﺪ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﺰ ُل ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ُم َﻛﺎﻧَﻮا ﻳ َِﺠﺪ َ‬
‫ِﺺ ﻳَﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻟ ﱞ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺒَﺐَ ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺪَاﻳَ ِﺔ اﻋْ ﺘَ َﻘﺪُوا أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﱠ‬
‫ني ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ ﱠن‬ ‫ُون ِﻣ ْﻦ إ ِ ْﻏ َﻼ ِق ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬
‫َﺎب ﻣَ ﱠﺮﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ُم ﻳَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛﺪ َ‬‫ﳾءٍ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ُْﻔ َﻘ ْﺪ أَيﱡ َ ْ‬
‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ُْﻔﻠِﺢْ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ ََﻀ ُﻊ َﻗ ِﻀﻴﺒًﺎ َﺧ َﺸ ِﺒﻴٍّﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻟِﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ٍﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﺄ ْ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن َﻛ َ‬
‫َﺎح اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪ ،‬ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبُ ﻣَ ْﻔﺘُﻮﺣً ﺎ َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َدةِ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ﱠ‬
‫ﺗَﺒَﺎ َد َل ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ُم ْاﻷ َ ْدوَا َر ﻟِﺤَ ﱢﻞ اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﻐ ِﺰ‪َ .‬ﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ا ْﻟ ِﻜﺒَﺎ ُر — وَاﺣِ ﺪًا ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻮ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ — ﻳ َْﻔﻘِ ﺪ َ‬
‫ُون‬
‫ﺎن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ أ َ ْﺷﺒَﺎحٌ أ َ ْو‬ ‫ﻮن اﻟﺘﱠ َﺴ ﱡﻠ َﻞ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ ُﻏ َﺮﺑَﺎءُ ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎوﻟُ َ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸﺠَ ﺎﻋَ َﺔ‪َ .‬ﻫ ْﻞ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﻣَ َﻞ و ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱠ ُﻞ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ و ََﻗ ﱠﺮ َر ْت‬ ‫أ َ ْروَاحٌ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﺗَﺠُ ﻮبُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ َل؟ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻌُ ِﺪ ﱠ‬
‫ُث‬ ‫ﱠث ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﺎبُ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺨِ َ‬ ‫ِﻠﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺑًﺎ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻜﺘُﺐَ ﺧِ َ‬
‫ﻮن‪َ .‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ إ ِ ﱠن ﻛﻼرا َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻣﻨ ْ َﺰﻋِﺠَ ًﺔ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ َﺧﺎﺋ ُِﻔ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ و َْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َﴩحُ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل َوﻳ ْ َ‬
‫ﻴﻔ ًﺔ‬ ‫ﺼ َﺔ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺒ َِﺢ َﺳﺨِ َ‬ ‫ِﺟﺪٍّا ِﺑ َﺴﺒ َِﺐ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺒ َِﺢ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬
‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا وَﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَ ِﺠﺪ ِ‬
‫َان ﻗِ ﱠ‬
‫ِﺟﺪٍّا‪.‬‬
 ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬

‫ﱠث إ ِ َﱃ‬
‫ني‪َ .‬وﺗَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻳَﻮْﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴬ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻣﻬﻤﱠ ﺘ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ َ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎبُ ِﰲ ِ‬ ‫ﻧَﺠَ ﺢَ ا ْﻟﺨِ َ‬
‫ﻴﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﺪِﻳﻘ ِِﻪ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻞ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ني َوإ ِ َﱃ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ِم ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪ .‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬اﺗﱠ َ‬
‫ﻳﺾ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪ُ ،‬ﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْﺳﻮَأ ُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ﻣَ ِﺮ ٌ‬ ‫ﴬ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﻟِﻠ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ َ َ‬
‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﺪﻳْﻨَﺎ َﺷﺒَﺢٌ !«‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ َ‬
‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻋَ ٍ‬
‫ﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎﻟﺴﻮءِ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻠﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن‪» :‬أ َ َرى أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﺗَ ْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑ ﱡ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻛﻤَ َﻞ ﱠ‬
‫– »ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن‪َ ،‬ﺷﺒَﺢٌ ؟«‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﺎﻣ ﱠﻲ‬ ‫ﱪ ُه ﱠ‬ ‫– »أَﻋْ َﻠﻢُ‪ ،‬أَﻋْ َﻠﻢُ‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ أ َ ُﺷ ﱡﻚ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا‪ «.‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬
‫ِﺼﺎ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ ُْﻔﺘَﺢُ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈﻣﱠ ﺎ أ َ ﱠن أَﺣَ ﺪًا ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُم ِﺑﺪُﻋَ ﺎﺑَ ٍﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ِم أ َ ْو أ َ ﱠن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻟ ٍّ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺼ ِﻒ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻼ ِن ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪةِ‪َ .‬و ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َ‬ ‫َاﻓ َﻖ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫وَأَﺧِ ريًا و َ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺒ َِﺢ َوﺛ َ ْﺮﺛ َ َﺮا‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺿﺤِ َﻜﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﻘﻌَ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ َوﺛِريَﻳ ِْﻦ َوﺑَﺪَآ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﺪ ِﱡث ﻋَ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ َﻛ ِﺜريَةٍ‪ .‬و َ‬
‫ِﺑ َﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ٍة ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ َِاﱄ‪.‬‬
‫ﺻﺒَﻌَ ﻪُ‪.‬‬‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة َر َﻓ َﻊ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫»ﺻ ٍﻪ! ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ُﻊ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ؟«‬ ‫– َ‬
‫ﺼﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﺰ ُل ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻀﻴﺐَ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺒ ﱠﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎن‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺄ ﱢﻛ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ أﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ﺎ َﺷ ْﺨ ً‬ ‫أَﻧ ْ َ‬
‫ﺼ َﺖ ِاﻻﺛْﻨ َ ِ‬
‫ﻂءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬ ‫َﺎب َوﻳ ََﻀ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻔﺘَﺎحَ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﻔ ِﻞ‪َ .‬ﻗﺎ َم ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬
‫ني ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺸﻌَ َﻞ‬ ‫ﺾ‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك؟« َوﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ َم اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻼ ِن إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم ُﻣﻮَﺟﱢ ﻬَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻨْﻬَ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺻ ْﻮﺑَﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫ً‬
‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ َﴏْﺧﺔ ُﻣﻨْﺨﻔِ َﻀﺔ‪ُ .‬ﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ً‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ اﻟﺬِي َرأﻳَﺎ ُه وَأ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر ا ْﻟﺠَ َﺴ ُﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﻒ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺠ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ﺗَﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني وَﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ﺣَ ﺎﻓِ ﻴَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻒ ِﰲ ﺛَﻮ ِْب ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷﺑْﻴ َِﺾ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻗﺪَﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻘِ ُ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻼ ِن إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻌْ ِﻀ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ِﰲ د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﺢ‪ .‬ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫َرأ ِﺳﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ ْﺧﻤَ ِﺺ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َﻛ َﻮ َر َﻗ ٍﺔ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻬَ ﺐﱢ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ِ‬
‫ني؟ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا ﻧ َ َﺰ ْﻟ ِﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ؟«‬ ‫ﺎﺟ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ُة‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن‪» :‬ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل ﱠ‬
‫ُﻮع‪:‬‬‫ﻮت ﻣَ ْﺴﻤ ٍ‬ ‫ﺼ ٍ‬ ‫ْف َو ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜﺎدِ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻄ َﻖ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺎن وَﺟْ ُﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﺷﺎﺣِ ﺒًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫»ﻻ أَﻋْ َﻠﻢُ‪«.‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫آﺧﺬْ َﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘِﻲ‪ .‬دَﻋْ ﻨِﻲ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻀ ٌﺔ ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ﻣَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬
‫»ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ َم اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬

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‫ﳾءٍ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺗَ َﺨ ِﺎﰲ‪ُ .‬ﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ و ََﻗﺎد ََﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋْ َﲆ‪َ .‬‬ ‫َو ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا أَﻧ ْ َﺰ َل ِﻣ ْﺸﻌَ َﻠﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻳَ َﺪ اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﻳُ َﺮامُ‪ِ .‬ﻟﻨَﺬْ َﻫﺐْ ِﰲ ُﻫﺪُوءٍ‪«.‬‬
‫اش‪.‬‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫َني ذِ َراﻋَ ﻴْ ِﻪ َوو َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬أ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬
‫ﺎف‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻳَﺪ ََﻫﺎ و ََﻗﺎ َل‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِاﻻ ْرﺗِﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ِﺑ ِﺮ ْﻓ ٍﻖ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ِﺑﺠَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ َﺮ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬‫و ََﻏ ﱠ‬
‫ﻳﻦ ِﺑﺘَﺤَ ﱡﺴ ٍﻦ‪ .‬أ َ ْﺧ ِ ِﱪﻳﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻳ َْﻦ ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ‬ ‫اﻫ َﺪﺋِﻲ‪ْ ،‬اﻵ َن ﺗَ ْﺸﻌُ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫»اﻫ َﺪﺋِﻲ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﻄﻤْ ِ ٍﱧ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﺎدِئ ُﻣ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٍْت َﻫ ٍ‬ ‫ِﰲ َ‬
‫ني اﻟ ﱠﺬ َﻫﺎبَ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺗُﺤَ ِﺎوﻟِ َ‬
‫ﺎن‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ أَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ أَﻧﱢﻲ ذَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ‪،‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ ُ‬
‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ ُﻛ ْﻦ أ ِرﻳ ُﺪ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبَ إ ِ َﱃ أيﱢ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬
‫ْت ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪«.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ني؟«‬ ‫»ﻓ ِﻬﻤْ ُﺖ‪ .‬و ََﻫ ْﻞ ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ ﺗَﺤْ ﻠُ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫– َ‬
‫ْت ﻣَ َﻊ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪.‬‬ ‫– »ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ .‬أَﺣْ ﻠُ ُﻢ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ودَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ‪ .‬أَﻋْ ﺘَﻘِ ُﺪ أَﻧﱢﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ﻳﻘﺎ َﻻ ِﻣﻌً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﻓﺘَﺢُ‬ ‫ﻮب ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج وَأ َ َرى اﻟﻨﱡﺠُ ﻮ َم ﺗَ ْﱪ ُُق ﺑ َِﺮ ً‬ ‫وَأ َ ْﺳﻤَ ُﻊ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎحَ ﺗَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر اﻟﺘﱠﻨ ﱡ ِ‬
‫ﻆ‪ ،‬أ َ ِﺟ ُﺪﻧِﻲ ﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ٌﻞ ِﺟﺪٍّا! َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ وَأَﺟْ ِﺮي َﺧ ِﺎرﺟَ ًﺔ‪ُ .‬ﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬
‫َت َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺨﻨ ُ ُﻘﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎت ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﺗَﻤْ ﻨ َ َﻊ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻬَ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺪ ْ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻓﺮاﻧﻜﻔﻮرت‪ «.‬ﺟَ َ‬
‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮكِ ؟«‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻚِ أ َ َﻟ ٌﻢ ِﰲ َرأ ْ ِﺳﻚِ أ َ ْو َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﺻ ْﺨ َﺮ ًة َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ﺗَﺠْ ِﺜ ُﻢ َﻓ ْﻮﻗِﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ِﻂ أﺷﻌﺮ َو َﻛﺄ َ ﱠن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َ‬ ‫– َ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ‪َ » :‬ﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻚِ أ َ َﻛ ْﻠ ِﺖ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﺰ ْل إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻌِ َﺪﺗِﻚِ ؟«‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺒ ََﺲ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ِﻲ ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪةٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن أَﺑْﻜ َ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ :‬‬
‫ني َﻛ ِﺜريًا؟«‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ‪» :‬أ َ ْﻓﻬَ ُﻢ ذَﻟِﻚ‪َ .‬ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَﺒْ ِﻜ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ُﻮح ِﱄ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒُ َﻜﺎءِ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻏ ْريُ ﻣَ ْﺴﻤ ٍ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬أُوه‪َ ،‬ﻻ‪َ .‬ﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫ﻴﺲ ﻋَ ﻨْﻪُ؟«‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﺒُ َﻜﺎءَ ﺑَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻨْﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ‪» :‬إِذَ ْن أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﺗَ ْﻜﺘُ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫– »أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪«.‬‬
‫ني ﻣَ َﻊ ﺟَ ﺪﱢكِ ؟«‬ ‫ﻴﺸ َ‬ ‫– »وَأَﻳ َْﻦ ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ ﺗَﻌِ ِ‬
‫– »أَﻋْ َﲆ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪«.‬‬
‫ُﻀ ِﺠ ًﺮا؟«‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ‪» :‬أﻛﺎن َﻫﺬَا ﻣ ُِﻤ ٍّﻼ َوﻣ ْ‬
‫ِﻳﺚ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت اﻟ ﱡﺪﻣُﻮ ُع‬ ‫ﻴﻼ‪َ «.‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ْﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺟَ ِﻤ ً‬ ‫– »أُوه‪َ ،‬ﻻ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻃ ْﺖ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻮﺑَ ِﺔ ﺑُ َﻜﺎءٍ ﻋَ ﻨ َ‬
‫ِﻴﻔ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ وَاﻧ ْ َﺨ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻨْﻬَ ِﻤ ُﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬

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‫اﺳﺘَ ِﻤ ﱢﺮي ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒُ َﻜﺎءِ‪َ .‬ﺳﻴُﻔِﻴﺪُكِ ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ وَأ َ َراحَ َرأ ْ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ِﻮ َﺳﺎ َدةِ‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ﻒ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫و ََﻗ َ‬
‫ﳾءٍ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ َﻏﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَﻟِﻚ ﻧ َ ِﺎﻣﻲ‪َ .‬ﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺮ َك ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ َﺔ َوﻧ َ َﺰ َل ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺒَﺢُ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻓﺘَﺢَ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﺎﻣ ﱠﻲ وَأ َ ْرﻋَ ﺐَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ‬ ‫»ﺻﻐِ ريَﺗُ َﻚ ﺗَﻤْ ِﴚ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﻧَﺎﺋِﻤَ ٌﺔ‪ .‬ﻫِ َﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫– َ‬
‫ﺎل‪ُ .‬ﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻋِ َﻼجٌ وَاﺣِ ٌﺪ ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ﺗَﺤِ ﱡﻦ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ ْن ﻧ َ ْﻔﻌَ َﻞ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ .‬اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺮﺣَ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َﻏﺪًا‪«.‬‬
‫ﱪ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ذَ َﻫﺎﺑًﺎ َوإِﻳَﺎﺑًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن وَﻣَ َﴙ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫و ََﻗ َ‬
‫َث ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﱄ َو َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻳﻀ ٌﺔ؟ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َﻫﺬَا ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ﺗَﻤْ ِﴚ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﻧَﺎﺋِﻤَ ٌﺔ وَﻣَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻒ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا! اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺛﻢ َﻫﺘَ َ‬
‫ﻳَ َﺮ ُه أَﺣَ ﺪٌ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ ﻳَﺎ دﻛﺘﻮر أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة ﺟَ ﺎء َْت إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة َو ِﺑ ِﺼﺤﱠ ٍﺔ ﺟَ ﻴﱢ َﺪ ٍة و ََﺳﺄُﻋِ ﻴﺪ َُﻫﺎ‬
‫ﻳﻀ ًﺔ؟ َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻓﻌَ َﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ! اﺟْ ﻌَ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺴ ُﻦ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة ﺑَﺎﺋ َِﺴ ًﺔ وَﻣَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ َﻓﺘَﺎ ًة َ‬
‫َو ِﻋﻨ ْ َﺪ ِﺋ ٍﺬ ﻧُﻌِ ﻴﺪ َُﻫﺎ‪«.‬‬
‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ‪» :‬ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻓ ﱢﻜ ْﺮ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮﻟُﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ ﻣُﻌَ ﺎ َﻟﺠَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺪوَاءِ‪َ .‬ﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫َر ﱠد اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ َﻗ ِﻮﻳ ٌﱠﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ ْﻠﻮ أَﻋَ ْﺪﺗَﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا‪ ،‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺴ َﻦ ِﰲ َﻫﻮَاءِ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْﻌِ ِﺶ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ إ ِ ِن‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﻈ ْﺮ َت‪ ،‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺴ َﻦ أَﺑَﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻧْﺘَ َ‬
‫ﺻﺎدِ ﻣَ ًﺔ ﺑَﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ َﻟﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﺐ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺎت اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ِﺑ َﻼ ﺣِ َﺮاكٍ ‪َ .‬ﻛﻠِﻤَ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫و ََﻗ َ‬
‫ﺎن ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ دﻛﺘﻮر‪ ،‬إِذَ ْن َﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ِﺳﻮَى ﺧِ ﻴ ٍَﺎر وَاﺣِ ﺪٍ‪َ .‬ﺳ َﱰْﺣَ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة‬ ‫– »إِذَا َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ‬‫ْف ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ َﻼ ِن ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬و َرﺣَ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱰ ٍة ِﰲ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺳﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ﻟ َِﻔ ْ َ‬‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن وَاﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻏﺪًا‪َ «.‬ﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ﱠ‬
‫ﻂ ِرﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ ﻋَ ْﻮ َد ِة ﻫﺎﻳﺪي إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫َﺎح ﻳَﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ دَاﺧِ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﺧ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻧُﻮ ُر ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻃﻨِﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ و ُِﺿﻌَ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ ﻋﴩ‬

‫ا ْﻟ َﻌ ْﻮ َد ُة إِ َﱃ ا ْﳌ َ ْﻨ ِﺰ ِل‬

‫َاﺳﺘَﺪْﻋَ ﻰ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪمَ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ َق ْاﻷَﺑْﻮَابَ و ْ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ٍﺔ؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن أ َ ْرﺟَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ِﰲ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎبَ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻬْ ِﻞ َﻓﻬْ ُﻢ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‬‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺎﺣً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﻋَ َﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑﻌَ َﺔ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ ْﻮﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬
‫ﻈﻮا‪.‬‬‫أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ ُ‬
‫ﻄﺎ ِﻟﺒًﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ﻳُﻨَﺎدِ ﻳﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣ َ‬
‫ْف‪َ .‬ﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ْﺧ ِﺔ َﺧﻮ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﴫ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﺎﻟﺸﺒ َِﺢ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َت أ ﱠن ْاﻷﻣْ َﺮ ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ُﻖ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﱠﺎﻫﺎ ِﺑﺄ ْن ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِيَ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗُ َﻼﻗِ ﻴَ ُﻪ ِﰲ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم‪ .‬اﻋْ ﺘَ َﻘﺪ ْ‬ ‫إِﻳ َ‬
‫ﺎع إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ ِة‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺒَﺐَ َو َراءَ َﻫﺬَا ِاﻻﺟْ ﺘِﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫ني ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺸ ِﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ َﻗﻠِﻘِ َ‬
‫د ََﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ‪.‬‬
‫ﴬ ﻟ ِِﺮﺣْ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ﺟﻮن‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﻬﱢ ِﺰ ْاﻷَﺣْ ِﺼﻨ َ َﺔ‬ ‫ﻃﻴ ٍﱢﺐ‪» :‬ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ﻧُﺤَ ﱢ ُ‬ ‫اج َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ِﰲ ِﻣ َﺰ ٍ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﱠ‬
‫وَا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮﺑ ََﺔ‪ .‬ﺗﻴﻨﻴﺖ‪ ،‬اذْ َﻫ ِﺒﻲ وَأَﻳْﻘ ِِﻈﻲ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَأ َ ْﻟ ِﺒ ِﺴﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻞ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن‪،‬‬
‫ﴬي‬ ‫ﴬ َﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ .‬ﺳﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ‪ ،‬أَﺣْ ِ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ْع إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَﻌْ ﻤَ ُﻞ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ دﻳﺘﺎ وَأَﺣْ ِ ْ‬ ‫أَ ْ ِ‬
‫اض‬ ‫ﻳﴪﻳ َﱠﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ِﺿﻴﻔِﻲ ﺑَﻌْ ًﻀﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻏ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﻮ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺺ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ُوﻗﺎ َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا‪ ،‬وَاﺣْ ِﺰﻣِﻲ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﺨ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﺪ ً‬ ‫ُ‬
‫ﻛﻼرا أﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ِﺑﻤَ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺲ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِِﻦ ْاﻓﻌَ ِﲇ ذَﻟِﻚ ْاﻵ َن!«‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺼ ًﺔ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة روﺗﻴﻨﻤﺎﻳﺮ ِﺑ َﻼ ﺣِ َﺮاكٍ ﻣُﺤَ ﺪ َﱢﻗ ًﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗﻌَ ْﺖ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫و ََﻗ َﻔ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫َﺿﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﻠ ﱠﻘ ْﺖ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحُ ‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻮ ً‬ ‫َﺷﺒ ٍَﺢ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴ ِﺪ َﺳﺘَ ْﺴﺘَﻤْ ِﺘ ُﻊ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻵ َن و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ﻟ َِريَى ﻛﻼرا‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮﻳﺒ ََﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل َﺷ ِﺎر َد ًة ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرﺣَ َﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠﻌْ ﻠِﻴﻤَ ِ‬
‫ﺻﺪ َ‬
‫ِﻳﻘﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ َ‬‫َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗﻊَ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺎءَ ًة ِﺟﺪٍّا ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ِة َرﺣِ ِ‬
‫ﺻﺎﻟ ِِﺢ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮن ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺎت وَا ِﻟﺪ َِﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﻬﻤَ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ﻠُ َ‬ ‫وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻤ ُﻊ إ ِ َﱃ َﻛﻠِﻤَ ِ‬
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‫ﺎﺻ ِﺔ ِﰲ‬ ‫»ﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﻀ ِﻠ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﺗَ ْﱰُ ْﻛﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺮﺣَ ُﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﺣْ ِﺰ َم َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫– ِ‬
‫ﺻﻨْﺪُوﻗِﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُ‬
‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﺑْﺘَ َﺴ َﻢ وَا ِﻟ ُﺪ ﻛﻼرا و ََﻏﻤَ َﺰ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴُﻌْ ﻠِﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﺑَﺄ َس ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَﻟِﻚ‪ِ .‬ﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﺎء َْت‬
‫ﻃ َﻠﺐَ ِﻣ ْﻦ دﻳﺘﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ .‬‬ ‫دﻳﺘﺎ وَأ َ ْﺧ َﱪ ََﻫﺎ ﱠ‬
‫َاﺟﻬَ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة‬‫ﺎﻫﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز َﺧ ِﺎرجَ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﻟ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻮ ِ‬ ‫ْﻒ أ َ ْﻟ َﻘ َ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺎﺑ َﱠﺔ ﺗَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ ْت َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ﻴﻔﺘِﻬَ ﺎ و ََﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻐﺎ َد َر َة ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ْﺸ ُﻐﻮ َﻟ ٌﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا ِﰲ و َِﻇ َ‬ ‫أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى! َﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َِت ﱠ‬
‫ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺎﱄ ﱢ‪.‬‬
‫َاﺳﺘَﺪْﻋَ ﻰ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن‪ُ .‬ﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘِﻬَ ﺎ و ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﺘَ َﻔﻬﱠ ﻢُ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْر َﺳ َﻞ دﻳﺘﺎ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﱠ‬
‫ﳾءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫َﴩحُ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ِر َﺳﺎ َﻟ ًﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﱢﺪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻳ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُه ﱠ‬ ‫َﺻ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة‪ .‬أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫َﺳﻴُﻮ ﱢ‬
‫ﻒ ِﺑﻬُ ﺪُوءٍ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِي أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَﻘِ ُ‬
‫ُث‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗﻴﻨﻴﺖ َﻗ ْﺪ أَﻳ َْﻘ َ‬
‫ﻈﺘْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻘ ْﻞ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﺔ ِﺑﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ْاﻷَﺣَ ِﺪ َوﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ ﻟ َِﱰَى ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎس‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺤَ ﻤَ ٍ‬‫ﻄ ِﺎر‪ ،‬ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﺎو َﻟ ِﺔ ْ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻗﺎﺑَ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬
‫ﺻﻐِ ريَﺗِﻲ؟«‬ ‫و ََﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ َرأْﻳُﻚِ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻫﺬَا ﻳَﺎ َ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ٍة ﺣَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺮةٍ‪.‬‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﺘْ ُﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑﻨ َ ْ‬
‫ني َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ أ َ َرى‪ .‬أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ذَاﻫِ ﺒ ٌَﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن و ََﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا! أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ َﻻ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ني َﻓ ْﻮ ًرا!«‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِﻚِ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ‪َ .‬ﺳﺘَﺬْ َﻫ ِﺒ َ‬
‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت َﺧﺎﻓِ ٍﺖ‪» :‬إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل؟«‬ ‫َﻫﻤَ َﺴ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑ َ‬
‫ِﻳﻦ ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ِﺪ ﻋَ ْﻦ ذَﻟِﻚ؟«‬ ‫– »أ َ َﻻ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ َ‬
‫ري ُة ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ‬‫اﻟﺼﻐِ َ‬ ‫َﻫﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬أُوه‪ ،‬ﺑ ََﲆ‪ ،‬ﺑ ََﲆ‪ِ «.‬ﰲ اﻟﺪ َﱠﻗﺎﺋ ِِﻖ اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ أ َ ْم أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ﻠُﻢُ‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻤ َﻊ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫إ ِ َذا َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ َ‬
‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜريَ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة وَﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ وَﺑﻴﱰ وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺰ وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَ ُﻞ و…‬
‫ني‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ِﺂز ُر‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َﻓ َﺴﺎ ِﺗ ُ‬ ‫ُوﻗﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ َﻛ ِﺜريَةٍ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒ َْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ُر ْؤﻳ ََﺔ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَﻣَ َﻸ َ ْت ُ‬ ‫َ‬
‫وَﻣَ ﻨَﺎدِ ﻳ ُﻞ وَأ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءُ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻛ ِﺜ َ‬
‫ري ٌة‪.‬‬
‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي إ ِ َﱃ دَاﺧِ ِﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮي ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ «.‬ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺿ َﺎﻓ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗُﻤْ ِﺴ ُﻚ ِﺑ َﺴ ﱠﻠ ٍﺔ‪» :‬وَاﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫وَأ َ َ‬
‫ِﻴﻔﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ َِﺾ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪ .‬و َِﰲ‬ ‫ﴩ َرﻏ ً‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ اﺛْﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫و ََﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ْت ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺮﺣَ ِﺔ‪ِ .‬ﰲ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺻﺎحَ أَﺣَ ﺪ ُُﻫ ْﻢ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮﺑ ََﺔ‬ ‫ﺎن و َْﻗ ُﺖ ﻓِ َﺮاﻗِ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴ َِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫َﻏﻤْ َﺮ ِة ﱠ‬
‫ﺟَ ﺎﻫِ َﺰ ٌة‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك أَيﱡ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤُ ْﺰ ِن‪.‬‬

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 ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة إ َِﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‬

‫ﻄﺘْﻬَ ﺎ إِﻳﱠﺎ ُه ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫ﴬ ِﻛﺘَﺎﺑَﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻔ ﱠﻀ ِﻞ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻟﺘُﺤْ ِ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ ﻣَ َﻊ‬‫َﺿﻌَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻜﺘَﺎبَ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ ِو َﺳﺎ َدﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫اﺿﻬَ ﺎ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫أَﺣَ ﺪًا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺤْ ِﺰﻣْ ُﻪ ِﺿﻤْ َﻦ أ َ ْﻏ َﺮ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺎ ُل‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﰲ ﺣَ ْﺰﻣ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ َِﺾ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻓﺘَﺤَ ْﺖ ﺧِ َﺰاﻧَﺘَﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﺘَﺒْﺤَ َﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻛﻨ ْ ٍﺰ َ‬
‫ﺻﻨَﻌَ ﺘْﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺔ ﻟُﻌْ ﺒَ ٍﺔ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺸ ﱠﻮ ٍة َ‬ ‫ﴬﺗْ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ﱠﻔﺘْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ُﻢ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﺣْ َ َ‬
‫َت ُﻗﺒﱠﻌَ ﺘَﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗَ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮ َﻓ َﺔ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮﺑ ََﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ َﻓﻮ َْق ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ا ْرﺗَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻛﻼرا َوو َ‬
‫ﻃ َﻠﺒ َْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ أ َ ْن‬‫ﻄﻔِ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ ﻟُ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻴَﺐَ أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ و ََﺷ َﻜ َﺮ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗﺪﱠﻣَ ْﺖ ﻟِﻜﻼرا أ َ ْ‬
‫ﻴﺐ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻟﺘَ ْﺬ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل َﻟﻮ َْﻻ ُه َو َﻟﻮ َْﻻ وَﻋْ ُﺪ ُه‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒ ِ‬‫َﺻ َﻞ ُﺷ ْﻜ َﺮ َﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳُﻮ ﱢ‬
‫ﳾءٍ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮا ُم َﻏﺪًا‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑﺄ َ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬
‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﺴ َﻜ ِﺖ ِﺑ َﺴ ﱠﻠﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا ﻋَ َﲆ ِرﺟْ ﻠِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮﺑ َُﺔ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُك وَاﻧ ْ َ‬
‫ﻆ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ُون ﺣَ َﺮ َﻛ ٍﺔ َﻛﺎ ْﻟ َﻔﺄ ْ ِر‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺨ َﴙ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ َك َﻛﻴ َْﻼ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺎت ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٍة د َ‬ ‫وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ ﻟ َِﺴﺎﻋَ ٍ‬
‫ِﻳﻖ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ أَﺧِ ريًا ُﻣﺘﱠ ِﺠﻬَ ٌﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﺪ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﻠ ِﻢ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﺗَ ْ‬
‫ﺼﺎﻧًﺎ وَﻋَ َﺮﺑ ًَﺔ ِﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺄْﺟَ َﺮ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻮْا ِﻣ ْﻦ ِرﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة‬ ‫ﻃﻤْ ﺄَﻧَﺘْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ أَﺑْﻌَ ِﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ‪ ،‬ﺛﻢ َﺳﺘُ ْﻜ ِﻤ ُﻞ ﻫِ َﻲ ﺑَﺎﻗِ َﻲ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ َﺳ ْريًا ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْﻗﺪَا ِم‪َ .‬‬
‫ﺻﻨْﺪ َ‬
‫ُوﻗﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﴬ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮدًا إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ِﺑ ُﺴﻬُ ﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ‪ .‬و ََﺳﻴُﺤْ ِ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘِﻬَ ﺎ ُ‬ ‫أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺘَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ُﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ إِﻳﺠَ ﺎدِ َ‬
‫ﺎﻫﺎ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎبَ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻮَﺟﱠ َﻪ ﻟِﺠَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﺨِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫َﻻﺣِ ًﻘﺎ‪ .‬أ َ َﺧﺬَ َﻫﺎ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ اﻧْﻔِ َﺮادٍ وَأَﻋْ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ْﺖ ﻛ َِﻼ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻴْﺌَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ َل إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻫ ِﺪﻳ ٌﱠﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻟ َِﻔ َﺎﻓ ًﺔ َ‬
‫أ َ ْرﻏ َِﻔ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ َِﺾ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﻔﻘِ ﺪ َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻮﱠحَ ﺳﻴﺒﺎﺳﺘﻴﺎن و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ َﺮى ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤَ َﺔ‬
‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻖ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗَﻨ ْ َ‬
‫ِﻠﺴﺎﺋ ِِﻖ إ ِ ﱠن ﺟَ ﺪ َﱠﻫﺎ َﺳ ُري ِْﺳ ُﻞ‬ ‫َﺻﻠُﻮا إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﺮﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮﺑَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و ََﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬
‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮدًا إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻬَ ﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ُوق َوﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت َ‬‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِ ِﻹﺣْ َﻀ ِﺎر ﱡ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪َ .‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ َﻗ ْﻠﺒُﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎت َﻗ ْﺪ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ أَﺧِ ريًا َﻟﻤَ ﺤَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَا أ َ ﱠن َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍ‬
‫ﴎ َع‪ .‬ا ْرﺗَﺠَ َﻔ ْﺖ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ُﻤ ﱡﺪ ﻳَﺪ ََﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬
‫َﺎب‪.‬‬ ‫ﴎ َع َﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت أَﻋْ َﲆ وَأ َ َﺧﺬَ ْت ﺗَﺠْ ِﺮي أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺨﻔِ ُﻖ ِﺑ َ‬
‫َت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﻛ َﺾ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ اﻋْ ﺘَﺎد ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ‪» :‬أُوه! ﻳَﺎ إ ِ َﻟ ِﻬﻲ! إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٌ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل َ‬
‫ﻮن ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ‪َ .‬ﻛ ْﻢ أَﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪةِ‪َ .‬ﺳﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ أَﻧَﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ!« َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ وَأ َ ْﻟ َﻘ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﺬ َراﻋَ ﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻮز‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ُدﻣُﻮ ُع ا ْﻟﻔ ْﺮﺣَ ِﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ﻨَﺘَ ِﻲ ﱠ‬

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‫اﺳﺘَﺠَ ﺒ َْﺖ ِﻟﺪَﻋَ ﻮَاﺗِﻲ!«‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻮﺗُﻬَ ﺎ‪ُ .‬ﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا َﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ َربﱢ ! َﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ ْ‬
‫– »ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ ،‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ َﺷﻌْ ُﺮ َﻫﺎ و َ‬
‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ ﻳَﺎ‬
‫َاﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ْت ﻋَ َﲆ ﻳَ ِﺪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ :‬‬ ‫اﻧْﻬَ ﻤَ َﺮ ْت ُدﻣُﻮ ُع ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِح ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻴ ِ‬
‫ُﻮن ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤْ ﻴَﺎءِ و ْ‬
‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي؟ َﻫ ْﻞ ﻋُ ﺪ ِْت ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ؟«‬
‫ﺿ َﻐ َ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺖ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ْﻢ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ‪َ .‬ﻻ ﺗَﺒْﻜِﻲ‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬
‫ﺎن ُﺷﻌُ ﻮ ًرا ْاﻓﺘَ َﻘ َﺪﺗْ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﺮا ًرا َوﺗَ ْﻜ َﺮا ًرا ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺪ ِ‬
‫َار‬ ‫ﻮز ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ﻨَﺘَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬
‫ﻮر ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬
‫ﺎﺿﻴَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱡ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻬُ ِ‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ ﻋﴩ‬

‫ِﰲ ا ْﳌ َ ْﻨ ِﺰ ِل َأ ِﺧ ً‬
‫ﲑا‬

‫ري َو ِﻟﺘُﻌْ ِﻄﻴَﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ ًﻀﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫أَﻣْ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة ِﻟﺘَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﺨ ْ ٍ‬
‫ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ َِﺾ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُ ُﻪ ِﺑﺤِ ْﺮ ٍص َﺷﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪.‬‬
‫ِﻴﻔﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ أَذُ ْق أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَﻟِﻚ أَﺑَﺪًا‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘْﻌَ َﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﻀ ُﻢ َرﻏ ً‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫َت أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ﺣِ ْﻀﻨًﺎ أَﺧِ ريًا َووَﻋَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘِﻌَ ﺎ َدﺗُﻚِ ‪ .‬اﺣْ ﺘَ َﻀﻨ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ ﻴ ِﻘﻴ َﱠﺔ ﻫِ َﻲ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة َﻗﺎدِ َر ًة‬ ‫ﻟ ِِﺰﻳَﺎ َرﺗِﻬَ ﺎ َﻏﺪًا‪ْ .‬اﻵ َن َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﻟِﺠَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬
‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗَ َﺮاهُ‪.‬‬
‫ﻮن ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ د َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﺤَ ﻤﱡ ِﻞ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ِة أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬
‫ﻮن‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﻮخ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ ِﰲ ُﻏ ُ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛ ِ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٍة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫َت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَ َﻞ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻌِ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻧَﺤْ َﻮهُ‪،‬‬ ‫د ََﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ‪ .‬و ََﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘﱠ ِﺴ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ ﻟ َِريَى اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ﻣَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ مُ‪ ،‬أ َ ْ َ‬
‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗُ َﺮ ﱢددُ‪» :‬ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﺪﱢي!«‬ ‫وَأ َ ْﻟ َﻘ ْﺖ ِﺑ َﺴ ﱠﻠﺘِﻬَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ﱠﻔ ْﺖ ذِ َراﻋَ ﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ﻋُ ﻨُﻘِ ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫ني َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻘ ِﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ِ .‬ﻷَو ِﱠل ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أَﻋْ ﻮَا ٍم َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ُه د َِاﻣﻌَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻈ ٍﺔ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬‫ﻈ َﺮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟ َﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ ﱠﻚ ذِ َراﻋَ ْﻲ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻮ ِْل ﻋُ ﻨُﻘِ ِﻪ وَأَﺟْ َﻠ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ُر ْﻛﺒَﺘ ِِﻪ‪َ .‬وﻧ َ َ‬
‫ﻃ َﺮدُوكِ ؟«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬إِذَ ْن َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻋُ ﺪ ِْت إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ .‬ﻫ ْﻞ َ‬
‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬أُوه‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪«.‬‬
‫ﻄﺎبَ َو َر َاﻗﺒَﺘْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻄﺘْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺨِ َ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻴﱢ ِﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫َﻗ َﻀ ِﺖ اﻟﺪ َﱠﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴ ََﺔ ﺗُ ْﺨ ِﱪُ ُه ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻛﻼرا و ﱠ‬
‫و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َْﻘ َﺮ ُؤهُ‪.‬‬
‫اش وَﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺲ ﺗَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻴﻚِ ﻟِﻌِ ﱠﺪ ِة أَﻋْ ﻮَا ٍم‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎكِ ﻣَ ًﺎﻻ َﻛﺎﻓِ ﻴًﺎ ﻟ ِِﴩَاءِ ﻓِ َﺮ ٍ‬ ‫– » َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﻋْ َ‬
‫َﺿﻌَ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ ِﰲ‬ ‫اش ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ‪َ .‬وو َ‬ ‫»ﻻ أَﺣْ ﺘَﺎﺟُ ُﻪ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪َ .‬ﻟﺪَيﱠ ﻓِ َﺮ ٌ‬ ‫– َ‬
‫ﺻﻨْﺪُوﻗِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻦ أَﺣْ ﺘَﺎجَ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ِﺪ أَﺑَﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ُ‬
 ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬

‫»ﺿﻌِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺨِ َﺰاﻧ َ ِﺔ إِذَ ْن‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛ ٌﺪ أَﻧﱠﻚِ َﺳ ُ ِﱰﻳﺪِﻳﻨ َ ُﻪ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪َ :‬‬
‫ﴪﻋَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِْق‪:‬‬ ‫ري ﺣَ ﺎ ﱟد ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻮﺛَﺒ َْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻔِ ٍ‬ ‫ْت َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪َ ،‬ﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ! َﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَﺘَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮا ِﻧﻨِﻲ؟ ﻣَ ْﺮﺣَ ﺒًﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﺑﻴﱰ!«‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة! اﻟﺪﱡبﱡ ﱠ‬ ‫»ا ْﻟﺒَﺠَ ﻌَ ُﺔ ﱠ‬
‫ﳾءٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺪَاﻣَ ﻰ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َني أ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻮﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣُﻬَ ﺎ َﻫﺎدِ ﺋًﺎ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ ِﺑ َﻘ ْﻠ ٍﺐ َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪٍ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‪ْ .‬‬ ‫َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ﻟ َِريَى إِذَا‬ ‫ات ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ ﺧِ َﻼ َل اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ َوﺗَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻖ ﱡ‬ ‫ﴩ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬‫ﻮر‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ُﺷﻬُ ٍ‬
‫ري‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ْك‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﻠ ُﻖ ﺣِ ﻴَﺎ َل ْاﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ ِﰲ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑ َﺨ ْ ٍ‬
‫ﻮب‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪.‬‬ ‫ﱪ أ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر اﻟﺘﱠﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳَﺎحَ ﺗَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ﻋَ ْ َ‬
‫ُوق ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ .‬و ََﺳﺎ َر ِت ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﺎح اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ﻧ َ َﺰ َل ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ِ ِﻹﺣْ َﻀ ِﺎر ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﱠ‬
‫َﺎب‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻮخ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻟﻮﱠﺣَ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ وَاﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ُﻛ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ِﻴﻒ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ‬‫اﺳﺘَﻤْ ﺘَﻌَ ْﺖ ِﺑ َﺮﻏ ِ‬ ‫ﱪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻛ ِﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ َر ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗُ ْﺨ ِ َ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬
‫ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ َِﺾ َو َﻛ ْﻢ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ْت ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ِة ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْﻛﻠ ِِﻪ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َْت وَا ِﻟ َﺪ ُة ﺑﻴﱰ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي أ َ ﱠن أُﻣﱠ ﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺘَ ْﺴ َﱰ ِْﺟ ُﻊ‬
‫َت أ َ ْن‬ ‫ُﻮع‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ أ َ َراد ْ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﺑَﻌْ ًﻀﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺻﺤﱠ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄﻛِﻴ ِﺪ إِذَا ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨ َ ْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﻛ ِﻞ َﻫ َﻜﺬَا ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ِة أ ْﺳﺒ ٍ‬
‫ﻂ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْاﻵ َن‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻞ؛ ِﻟﺬَا أ َ َﻛ َﻠ ْﺖ وَاﺣِ ﺪًا َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺗُﺒْﻘ َِﻲ ْاﻷ َ ْرﻏ َِﻔ َﺔ ِﻟﻮ َْﻗ ٍﺖ َ‬
‫ﺎل ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ‪ .‬أَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﺳﺄ َ ْﻓﻌَ ُﻞ‬ ‫َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة اﺑْﺘَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي و ََﻫﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ‪َ » :‬ﻟﺪَيﱠ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريُ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬
‫ني ﻳَ ْﻮ َم ْاﻷَﺣَ ﺪِ‪ .‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َزﺟً ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ َِﺾ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪َ ،‬و َرﻏ َ‬
‫ِﻴﻔ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔﺎ َ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ! ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﻨَﺎو َِﱄ َرﻏ ً‬
‫ﴬ َﻫﺎ َﻟﻚِ ﺑﻴﱰ!«‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤْ ِ َ‬
‫ﺎل ﻟِﺠَ ﺪﱢكِ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎءُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ني ذَﻟِﻚ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻚِ إِﻋْ َ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﻛﻚِ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪َ :‬‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫ْﻒ ﺗُﻨْﻔِ ﻘِ ﻴﻨَﻪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫و َُﻫ َﻮ َﺳﻴ ُْﺨ ِﱪُكِ َﻛﻴ َ‬
‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ِﺖ َﻗ ِﻮﻳ ًﱠﺔ‬ ‫ﴬ َﻟﻚِ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْرﻏ َِﻔ َﺔ! ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ إِذَا أ َ ْ‬ ‫»ﻻ‪ ،‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺠْ ﻌَ َﻠﻚِ َﻗ ِﻮﻳ ًﱠﺔ‪َ .‬ﺳﻨُﺤْ ِ ُ‬ ‫– َ‬
‫ﻴﻔ ٌﺔ‪«.‬‬‫ﺿﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ُم ِﻷَﻧﱠﻚِ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ َﻟﻚِ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪ُ .‬رﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺳﻴ ُِﴤءُ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬
‫ﻈ ْﺖ ِﻛﺘَﺎبَ ﺗَ َﺮاﻧِﻴ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪» :‬أُوه‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَ ْﻘﻔِ ُﺰ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻻﺣَ َ‬
‫ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة ْاﻵ َن! دَﻋِ ﻴﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﻗ َﺮأ ْ َﻟﻚِ ﺗَ ْﺮﻧِﻴﻤَ ًﺔ‪«.‬‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ٌة َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻫﺎ‬‫ﻮز ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ْت ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﴍ َق وَﺟْ ُﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫أَ ْ َ‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬

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 ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل أَﺧِ ريًا‬

‫ﺿﺄ ْ ِت َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ﻳَﺎ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠﺘِﻲ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أَﻧْﻬَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ َ‬
‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ َة‪ْ .‬اﻗ َﺮﺋِﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪ .‬ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة ﺑَﻌْ ﺪُ‪«.‬‬

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‫اﻷ َﺣ ِﺪ‬
‫اس َﻳ ْﻮ ِم ْ َ‬
‫َأ ْﺟ َﺮ ُ‬

‫ﺼﻌَ ُﺪ ﻫِ َﻲ وَاﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَ َﻞ‪» :‬أُوه ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪ .‬ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗُﻨَﺎ ْاﻵ َن‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْ‬
‫ﻮز‪.‬‬ ‫ري ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪َ «.‬ﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ْت إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗُ َﺆ ْر ِﺟﺢُ ﻳَ َﺪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺳﻌَ ُﺪ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺜ ٍ‬
‫َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة َﻫﺪَأ َ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي و ََﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ﻓﺮاﻧﻜﻔﻮرت ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَدْﻋُ ﻮ ﷲ َ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ أَﻋُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﱃ‬
‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ ًِﻔﺎ‪.‬‬‫ُﺼ ِﺒﺢُ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َﺳﻴ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻮ أ َ ﱠن ﷲ َ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﻨِﻲ أَﻋُ ﻮ ُد ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة وَﻣَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَةِ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻞ ﷲ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠ ِ‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﺳﺄَﺣْ ُ‬
‫ري ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﺳﺄَﺗَ َﺨﻴﱠ ُﻞ أَﺑَﺪًا‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬
‫َث ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ ْﻢ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺜ ٍ‬
‫ﺻ ﱢﲇ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻋِ ﺪًا‪َ ،‬ﺳﺄ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﺘِﻲ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺪَاﻳَ ِﺔ‪ِ .‬ﻣ َﻦ ْاﻵ َن َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫أَﻧَﺎ َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٌة أ َ ﱠن ﷲ َ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺠْ ﻌَ ِﻞ ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ ﻳَﺤْ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ُث ِﺑ َ‬
‫ﻃﻠُﺒُﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺄ َ ُﻗﻮ ُل ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ إ ِ ﱠن ﷲ َ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ‬ ‫ِﻷ َ ْﺷ ُﻜ َﺮ ﷲ َ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ َﻠ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﲇ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬
‫ﺼ ﱢﲇ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪ ،‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي؟ َﻻ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﻧَﻨ ْ َﴗ ﷲ َ أَﺑَﺪًا ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‬ ‫ﻄ ٌﺔ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ ِﱄ‪َ .‬ﺳﻨ ُ َ‬ ‫ُﺧ ﱠ‬
‫َوإ ِ ﱠﻻ َﺳﻴَﻨ ْ َﺴﺎﻧَﺎ‪«.‬‬
‫ﻳﻦ‪» :‬وَﻣَ ﺎذَا َﻟ ْﻮ ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴﻨَﺎ ُه ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ؟«‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﺣَ ِﺰ ٍ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ِﺑ َ‬
‫ﳾءٍ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮأِ‪ .‬و ََﺳﻴ َْﱰُ ُﻛﻨَﺎ ﷲ ُ ﻧَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻧ َ َﺸﺎءُ و ََﺳﻨ ُ ْ‬
‫ﺼ ِﺒﺢُ‬ ‫– »إِذَ ْن َﺳﻴَﺌُﻮ ُل ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬
‫ﷲ و َُﻫ َﻮ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ ُْﻔ َﱰ َُض‬‫ﺎﻟﺴﻮءِ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻠﻨَﺎ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﻫ َﺮﺑْﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ِ‬ ‫ُﻓ َﻘ َﺮاءَ َوﺗُﻌَ َﺴﺎءَ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ َﺮ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﺑ ﱡ‬
‫أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﺴﺎﻋِ َﺪﻧَﺎ‪«.‬‬
‫ﻴﻘ ٌﺔ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ .‬أَﻳ َْﻦ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤْ ِﺖ ذَﻟِﻚ؟«‬ ‫»ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬‫– َ‬
‫َ‬
‫»ﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﴍَﺣَ ِﺖ ْاﻷﻣْ َﺮ ُﻛ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ ِﱄ‪«.‬‬ ‫– ِ‬
‫ﱠث ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪» :‬أ َ َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي؟‬ ‫ﱰ ٍة َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬
‫َﺳﺎ ُروا ﻟ َِﻔ ْ َ‬
‫إِذَا َﻫ َﺮﺑْﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ﷲِ‪َ ،‬ﻫ ْﻞ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﺴﺎﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﺑَﺪِ؟«‬
 ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬

‫ﺼ ًﺔ ِﰲ ِﻛﺘَﺎ ِﺑ َﻲ‬ ‫ﱪﺗْﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻗ َﺮأ ْ ُت ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫– »أُوه‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪ ،‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة‪ .‬أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬
‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗُ َﻐﻨﱢﻲ‬ ‫َت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪َ .‬ﺳﺄ َ ْﻗ َﺮ ُؤ َﻫﺎ َﻟ َﻚ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻧ َ ِﺼ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪ «.‬ﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬
‫ﺼ َﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﺪﱢ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎﴍ ًة‪َ ،‬ﻗ َﺮأ َ ِت ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬
‫ﻳﻖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪ .‬و ََﻗﺒْ َﻞ ﻣَ ْﻮ ِﻋ ِﺪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫َوﺗَ ْﻘﻔِ ُﺰ ِﰲ ﺑَﺎﻗِ ﻲ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻮل‬‫ﺎن َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل َوﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجُ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫ْﻒ َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َر ِة َو َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﱪﺗْ ُﻪ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ِﰲ ﱡ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬
‫ﺼﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻋْ ِﻲ ﻳُ َﺮاﻗِ ﺐُ ُﻏ ُﺮوبَ‬ ‫ِﻒ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ِﻨﺪًا إ ِ َﱃ ﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِي ﻋَ ﺒَﺎءَ ًة ﺟَ ﻴﱢ َﺪ ًة َوﻳَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ وَا ِﻟ ِﺪهِ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻊ َﻗ ِﻄ ِ‬
‫ﻮن َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ؛‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ُﺔ‪َ .‬وﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻟ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﺘَﺎﻋُ ُﻪ وَأَﻣْ ﻮَاﻟُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‪ .‬و ََﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة أ َ َرا َد أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ﳾءٍ‪ .‬و َِﰲ‬ ‫ﴪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ َﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ .‬وﺗَ َﺮ َك ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ َﻟ ُﻪ و ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺐَ ِﻣ ْﻦ وَا ِﻟ ِﺪ ِه أ َ ْن ﻳُﻌْ ِﻄﻴَ ُﻪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َو ِﻟ َﺬا َ‬
‫ﱪ وَا ِﻟ َﺪهُ‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ َﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَﺤِ ﱡﻘ َﻚ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْاﻵ َن‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ﻋَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﻟ ِﻪ وَأ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬
‫ﴬوا َﻟ ُﻪ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ِردَاءٍ‪ ،‬و ََﺧﺎﺗَﻤً ﺎ‬ ‫ﱪ َﺧﺪَﻣَ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤْ ِ ُ‬ ‫َرآ ُه وَا ِﻟ ُﺪ ُه َﻓﺠَ َﺮى ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ُه و ََﻗﺒﱠ َﻠﻪُ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﻴﱢﺘًﺎ و َْاﻵ َن ﻋَ ﺎ َد ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم‪ .‬و ََﻗﺎ َل إ ِ ﱠن اﺑْﻨ َ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﻌِ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﺣِ ﺬَاءً ﻟ َِﻘﺪَﻣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ وَا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِ ِﻹ ْ‬
‫أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪.‬‬
‫ﺼ ًﺔ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي؟«‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ ﻗِ ﱠ‬
‫ﺼ ٌﺔ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ‪َ «.‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ َز ﺑَﺪَا ﺟَ ﺎدٍّا‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎبَ ‪» :‬أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﱟﻖ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻗِ ﱠ‬
‫ِﺟﺪٍّا ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ ﱠن ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ َﺳ َﻜﺘَ ْﺖ‪.‬‬

‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻤَ ِ‬
‫ﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ُﻛﻮﺧِ ِﻪ ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫َﺎح اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ و ََﻗ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا ِﰲ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ! ا ْرﺗَﺪِي أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ َﻓ َﺴﺎﺗِﻴﻨِﻚِ ‪َ .‬ﺳﻨ َ ْﺬ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺎﱄ ْ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْﴍ ََﻗ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫– »ﺗَﻌَ َ‬
‫ِﻴﺴ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ!«‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ َ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ‬‫ﻴﻘﻰ‪ .‬ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬‫ِﻴﺴ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﺗَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻼ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت ا ْﻟﻤ ِ‬
‫ني َﻻﻓِ ﺘًﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ ِاﻻﺛْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َ‬
‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﱠاس َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻧِﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ني َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ ْن ﻳُﺪ ِْر ُﻛﻮا ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﺑﺤُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻣَ ﱠﺮﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬
‫ﺎﻫ َﺪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَﺟَ ﺪ َﱠﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗ ْﺪ َﺷ َ‬
‫ﻒ ﺑَﺎﻗِ ﻲ‬ ‫ﱠاس أ َ َﺧﺬَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَﺪ َِﻫﺎ وَاﺗﱠﺠَ َﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱢﺲ‪َ .‬وو ََﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻧْﺘِﻬَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺪ ِ‬
‫ﻴﻒ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ َﺷﺄ ْ ِن اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ َو َﻛ ْﻢ ُﻫ َﻮ َﻟ ِﻄ ٌ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَةٍ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻬَ ﺎﻣَ ُﺴ َ‬ ‫ﺎت َ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ُﺼ ﱢﻠ َ‬
‫ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬
‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﱪ َﺳﺎﺋ ُِﻖ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻊ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬
‫ون‬‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‪ .‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﻟﺘَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ْاﻷ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬
‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻮ ﱢد ﺗِﺠَ ﺎ َه اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬
‫ﻮز‪.‬‬

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‫اس ﻳَ ْﻮ ِم ْاﻷَﺣَ ِﺪ‬

‫ﺼ َﺎﻓﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻤَ َﻮ ﱠدةٍ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱢﺲ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ ﺑَﻴ َْﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱢﺲ‪ .‬ﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ َﻗ ْﺪ د َ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒَﻬْ ﺠَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﻴﱢﺒَﺘَ ِ‬‫اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎت ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ُﻗ ْﻠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ ﻣُﺤِ ٍّﻘﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎحَ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻠُﺐَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪﱡ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ِﺟﺌْ ُﺖ ِﻷ َ ْ‬
‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻘ ِﻞ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ َ‬
‫»ﺳﻨ ُ َﺮﺣﱢ ﺐُ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ِﺑ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ ِﺠري ٍَان‪َ «.‬و ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا َﺧ َﺮجَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻣَ َﻊ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟ َﻘ ﱡﺲ‪َ :‬‬
‫ِﻴﺴ ِﺔ ُﻛ ﱢﻠﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج‪ِ .‬ﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜﺎدِ اﻧ ْ َﻐ َﻠ َﻖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبُ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ َﻘﺪﱠﻣَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ َ‬
‫ف ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻳ َْﻦ ﻳَﺒْﺪَأُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮُﺟُ ﻮ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ُه ِﻟﺘُ َﻘﺎ ِﺑ َﻠﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ﻮز‪َ .‬وﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛُﻮا‬ ‫ِﺼﻌُ ﻮ ِد ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﻣَ َﻊ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﻟ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻒ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻀﻬُ ْﻢ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َ‬ ‫َوذَ َﻫﺐَ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬
‫ﻋَ ْﻦ دَﻋْ َﻮﺗ ِِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪَاءِ و َِزﻳَﺎ َرﺗ ِِﻪ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﻮف ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻪ ﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ‪» :‬ﺗَﺒْﺪُو‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﻖ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ْﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْ‬
‫ﻒ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َر َك َﻫ َﻜﺬَا ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻟ َ‬
‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪» :‬ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬أَﻧَﺎ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم أ َ ْﺳﻌَ ُﺪ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳﺘَﺤِ ﱡﻖ‪ .‬أ َ ْﺳﻌَ ُﺪ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﺗَ َﺨﻴﱠﻠُ ُﻪ ﻣُﻤْ ِﻜﻨًﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﺎن ﷲ ُ َﻛ ِﺮﻳﻤً ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْر َﺳ َﻠﻚِ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءِ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﷲ وَﻣَ َﻊ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ َﺳ َﻼ ٍم ﻣَ َﻊ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴﱢ ِﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ُﻛ َ‬
‫ُﻛﻮﺧِ ﻲ‪«.‬‬
‫َﺧ َﻞ ﻣَ َﻊ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫ﻮخ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﺢَ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ َود َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻼ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛ ِ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬
‫ﻳﻒ‪«.‬‬‫ﺎت ِﻟ ْﻠﻘِ ﻴَﺎ ِم ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺄﺗ َِﻲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻠِﻴﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﺪﻳْﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ ْ‬
‫ﻄ َﻊ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜَﻬُ ﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎب و ََﻗ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬‫اﻧْﺪ ََﻓﻊ ﺑﻴﱰ ﻋَ ْ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎبٌ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﻟﻬﺎﻳﺪي!«‬ ‫»ﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﺧِ َ‬ ‫ﻒ‪ُ :‬‬ ‫َﻫﺘَ َ‬
‫َان ِزﻳَﺎ َر َة ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَﺟَ ﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎبُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻛﻼرا‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺨِ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻳﻒ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺮ ِ‬
‫ﻳﻘ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﻤَ ﻴﱠ َﺰ ُة‬
‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬‫ري ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ْاﻵ َن‪ :‬اﻟ ﱡﺰوﱠا ُر و َِاﻻﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ُل إ ِ َﱃ دورﻓﲇ وَاﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريُ ﻟِﻠﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻳﻦ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠري َِت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ُة ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴ ِﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺑَﺪَا أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﺴ ِﺠ ُﻢ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬
‫َﺳﺘَﺘَ َﻐ ﱠريُ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪.‬‬

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‫ِز َﻳ َﺎر ٌة َأ ِﺧ ً‬
‫ﲑا‬

‫َﺎﻃﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺤﱠ ِﺔ ﻛﻼرا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﻴﱠﺎ ِم ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪ .‬وَﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ إِﺣْ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺿﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﻟ ِْﻸ َ َﺳ ِﻒ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﻨ َ َﻊ َ‬
‫ﻴﺐ ِﰲ إِﺟَ ﺎ َز ٍة‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪َ .‬ﻓﺎﺗﱠ َﻔ َﻘ ْﺖ ﻫِ َﻲ َووَا ِﻟﺪ َُﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ﱠن إ ِ ْر َﺳﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ َم ِﺑﺜَﺎﻧِﻲ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ِﻞ َ ْ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐَ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َزوْﺟَ ُﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٍة َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳُﻔِﻴ َﺪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻓﺤَ ْﺴﺐُ َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﺳﻴُﻔِﻴ ُﺪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ‬ ‫ﻃ ٍﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ِﺪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱰةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗُﻮ ﱢُﻓﻴ َِﺖ اﺑْﻨَﺘُ ُﻪ ُﻣ َﺆ ﱠﺧ ًﺮا أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪َ .‬و ِﺑﺒ ََﺴﺎ َ‬ ‫ِني َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗُﻮ ﱢُﻓﻴ َْﺖ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜ ِ‬
‫ﺺ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴ ُﻪ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ذَﻟِﻚ ا ْﻟﺤِ ِ‬
‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﺨ ُ‬‫ُﻫ َﻮ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ‬ ‫َﺎل‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبُ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐَ إِذَا َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﺳﺄ َ َل ﱠ‬
‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﴍ ًَﻓﺎ َﻟﻪُ‪َ .‬ﺳﻴَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋِﻌَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺣَ َﺰﻣَ ﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ﻛﻼرا إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْ‬
‫اﺧﺘَﺎ َر ْت َﻫﺪَاﻳَﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة َو ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱢﺪ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ َﺳﺎﻟِﻤَ ًﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ص ﻋَ َﲆ أ ْن ﺗَ ِﺼ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫و ََﺳﻴَﺤْ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫وَﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻟِﺒﻴﱰ‪.‬‬
‫َﺎح‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﻆ ُﻣﺒَ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ًة ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ ُ‬
‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱃ أَﺑْﻌَ ِﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﴪ ُع إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ِﻟﺘَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ َﺮ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻨ ْ ُ‬‫ﴎ ِع ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗُ ْ ِ‬ ‫َوﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِي ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺄ َ ْ َ‬
‫ُﻮع ْاﻵ َن‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ ُروﺗِﻴﻨُﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬
‫َﺎح ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ِة أ ْﺳﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬
‫ﻮن ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌِ ﱠﺪ ًة ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ِﺼ َﻼ ِن‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺻﻮ َل ﻛﻼرا وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة ِﰲ أَيﱢ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫و ُ‬
‫»ﻫ ْﻞ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺠﻲءُ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ‬ ‫ﺻﻔِ ريَ ﺑﻴﱰ‪ ،‬و ََﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﺿﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻛﻼرا َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻋِ ﻮ ً‬
‫ِﻟ ْﻠ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ؟«‬
‫ﺻﺎبَ ﺑﻴﱰ‬ ‫ُﻮﻓﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄ َ َ‬‫ﺿﻴ ً‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﻬَ ﺎ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴﻊَ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َ‬
‫ﻈﺎ ُر ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﱡﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحَ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ط‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬ ‫اﻹﺣْ ﺒَﺎ ُ‬ ‫ِْ‬
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‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ‬‫ُﻮن وَاﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮن! إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻗﺎدِ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬ﺟَ ﺪﱢي! ﺟَ ﺪﱢي! ﺗَﻌَ ﺎ َل‪ ،‬ﺗَﻌَ ﺎ َل! إِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻗﺎدِ ﻣ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬُ ﻢْ!«‬
‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ِﻟﺘَﺤِ ﻴﱠﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ‪ .‬ﻣَ ﱠﺪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻧْﺪ ََﻓﻌَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم ِﻟﺘَﺤِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ َ‬
‫»ﺻﺒَﺎحُ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺮﺣَ ُﺔ ﺗَﻤْ َﻸ ُ َﻗ ْﻠﺒَﻬَ ﺎ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﺬ َراﻋَ ﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻤْ ﺪُو َدﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫ﻳﻼ َﻟ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ري ﻳَﺎ دﻛﺘﻮر‪ ،‬و َُﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا ﺟَ ِﺰ ً‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ُة! ﻋَ َﻼ َم ﺗَ ْﺸ ُﻜ ِﺮﻳﻨَﻨِﻲ؟«‬ ‫»ﻓ ْﻠﻴُﺒ َِﺎر ْﻛﻚِ ﷲ ُ ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫»ﻹ ْر َﺳ ِﺎﱄ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﻟِﺠَ ﺪﱢي‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ‪ِ ِ :‬‬ ‫َﺿﺤَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫و ﱠ‬
‫ري َة‬‫اﻟﺼﻐِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻦ أ َ ﱠن اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺨ ﱠﻠ َﻠ ُﻪ ُﺷﻌَ ﺎ ٌع ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﴍ َق وَﺟْ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫أَ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﻗ َ‬
‫َﺿﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ور َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻋِ ﻮ ً‬ ‫َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴَﺘْ ُﻪ ِﺑ ُﻤ ُﺮ ِ‬
‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫اع َ‬ ‫ﺎن َو ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﱢﻠ َﻘ ًﺔ ِﺑ ِﺬ َر ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺮﺣَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَﻨ ﱠ ًﺔ أﻳﱠﻤَ ﺎ اﻣْ ِﺘﻨ َ ٍ‬
‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ُة‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﺧﺬِﻳﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺪﱢكِ ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريُ‪ُ :‬‬
‫– » َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ أَﻳ َْﻦ ﻛﻼرا وَﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ؟«‬
‫ﻳﻀ ًﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا َو َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﺟﺪٍّا ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ أَﺗَﻴ ُْﺖ وَﺣْ ﺪِي‪ .‬ﻛﻼرا َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫آﺳ ٌ‬ ‫– »أَﻧَﺎ ِ‬
‫ﻴﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ ِم ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬وﺑَ ِﻘﻴ َِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻟ َِﱰْﻋَ َ‬
‫َﺎن ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َﺳﺘَﺄ ِﺗﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ْﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬
‫ﻳﻼ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ ُر دَاﻓِ ﺌًﺎ َو َ‬
‫ﺎب ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ْاﻷَﻧْﺒَﺎءِ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺰﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪:‬‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘِﻴﻌَ ِ‬ ‫و ََﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﺳﺎ ِﻛﻨ َ ًﺔ ِﻟﺜَﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ٍﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘَ ْﺴﻤَ ﺢَ ﻟِﻌَ ْﻘﻠِﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ ْ‬
‫»ﺗَﻌَ ﺎ َل ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ﻳَﺎ دﻛﺘﻮر‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻨ َ ِﺠ َﺪ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪«.‬‬
‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪ ،‬ﻳ َُﺨ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءَ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ﻳَﺘَ َﺸﺎ َر َﻛ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻼ ِن أ َ ْ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬
‫ﺎن ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺪَاءِ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻜﻮ ِﱠن ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ ﻣَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ﻳَﺠْ ﻠ َِﺴ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻴﺐ ِﰲ ْاﻷ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻟِﻌُ ْ‬
‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮهِ‪.‬‬‫ري ًة ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﺣَ ِﺎﻣ ًﻼ َﻟ ﱠﻔ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﺐ وَا ْﻟﺠُ ﺒ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﻤﱠ ِﺺ‪َ ،‬رأَﻳَﺎ َرﺟُ ًﻼ آ ِﺗﻴًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻠ ِ‬
‫ﻄ ْﺮ ُد ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أ َ ْر َﺳ َﻠﺘْ ُﻪ ﻛﻼرا‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺒْﺘَ ِﺴ ُﻢ ﻟِﻬﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬آه‪َ ،‬ﻫﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﺎءَ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫َﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎةِ‪.‬‬
‫ﻄ ْﺮ َد ﻧَﺤْ ﻮ ََﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫»اﻓﺘَﺤِ ﻲ ُﻛﻨُﻮ َزكِ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ «.‬ود ََﻓ َﻊ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ‪ْ :‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻮ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى أ َ ْﺧ َﺮﺟَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺣَ َﺰﻣَ ﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ﻛﻼرا ِﺑﺤِ ْﺮ ٍص‪َ .‬ﻛﻌْ ٌﻚ و ََﺷﺎ ٌل‬
‫اﻟﴚءُ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣِ ﻴ ُﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِة ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﺪﱢ‪َ ،‬وﻧ َ َﻘﺎﻧ ُِﻖ ﻟِﺒﻴﱰ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ُﺲ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﺾ ْاﻷ َ َدو ِ‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻌْ ُ‬

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 ‫ِزﻳَﺎ َر ٌة أَﺧِ ريًا‬

‫ﺎن ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻤْ ﺘِﻌً ﺎ‬

‫ﻴﺐ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُر ْؤﻳ َُﺔ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺳﻌَ َﺪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺪَاﻳَﺎ َﻛ َ‬
‫ِﺑ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑ ِﺼﺤﱠ ٍﺔ ﺟَ ﻴﱢ َﺪ ٍة و ََﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪.‬‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس ﻋﴩ‬

‫آﺧ ُﺮ َﺟ ِﺪ ٌ‬
‫ﻳﺪ‬ ‫ﺖ َ‬‫َﺑ ْﻴ ٌ‬

‫ري ﻳَﺘَ َﺸﺎ َر ُك‬ ‫ﺼﺤْ ﺒَ ِﺔ َرﺟُ ٍﻞ َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤْ ﺘَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ﻴﺐ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘِﻌَ ًﺔ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻗﺎﻣَ ُﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﺺ َوﻳ َْﻘ ِﴤ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ َﺖ‪ .‬و ََﻓ ِﺮﺣَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑﻌَ ْﺮ ِض ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ُر ْﻛ ٍﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺼ َ‬‫ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َ‬
‫ﺎل ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﰲ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ٍﻖ َﻻ‬ ‫َﺎت ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺔ ِ ِﻹﺛْﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻠ ْﺖ أَﺧِ ريًا ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ني َو ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ اﻟﻨﱠﻘِ ﱢﻲ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءَ َ‬
‫ﻃﻴﱢ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤْ ﺘَ َﻊ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ … ْ‬ ‫ﱡث ﻋَ ﻨْﻪُ‪ .‬وَاﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺗَﻤْ ِﻠ ُﻚ إ ِ ﱠﻻ اﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ﺎع‬‫َﺎن ﻣَ َﺸﺎ ِﻛﻠ ِِﻪ و َِاﻻ ْﺳﺘِﻤْ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺔ ِﻟﻨ ِْﺴﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُه ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬‫وَﺣُ ﱢﺮﻳﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ .‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ﱠن ِاﻻﺑْﺘِﻌَ ﺎ َد ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ أَﻋْ َ‬
‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪.‬‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَ ْﻮ ُم َرﺣِ ﻴﻠ ِِﻪ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨًﺎ‪ .‬ﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﻟ َﻢ َﻗ ْﻠﺐُ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻜ ْﺖ‬ ‫ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻃ َﻠﺒ َْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﺮاﻓِ َﻘﻪُ‪.‬‬
‫َو َ‬
‫ني ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫»ﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳَﺎ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠﺘِﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ َة‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ ْن ﺗَﺒ َْﻘ ْﻲ َوإ ِ ﱠﻻ َﺳﺘَﻤْ َﺮ ِﺿ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﻒ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ِﺑﻠُ ْ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ني أ َ ﱠو َل َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ أَﺗﱠ ِﺼ ُﻞ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻫ ْﻞ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ﻓِ ﻌْ ُﻞ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ إِذَا اﺣْ ﺘَﺠْ ُﺖ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ِﻷَﺣَ ٍﺪ ﻳَ ْﺮﻋَ ﺎﻧِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺘَ ُﻜﻮﻧِ َ‬
‫ذَﻟِﻚ؟«‬
‫ﻃ َﻠ ِﺒﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ أُﺣِ ﺒﱡ َﻚ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ أُﺣِ ﺐﱡ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺂﺗِﻲ ِﰲ أَو ِﱠل ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ﺗُ ْﺮ ِﺳ ُﻞ ِﰲ َ‬
‫ﺟَ ﺪﱢي ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‪«.‬‬
‫ﻄ ًﺔ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ﻧ ُ ْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِِﻪ‪َ .‬ر َاﻗﺒَﺘْ ُﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َﴍ َع ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﱠﺎﻫ ْﻢ و َ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ُﻣ َﻮدﱢﻋً ﺎ إِﻳ ُ‬‫و ََﻫ َﻜﺬَا َﻟﻮﱠحَ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ ﻟ َِريَى ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺸ ِﻤ َﺲ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪَا َر اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ري ًة ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪةٍ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫وح‪ .‬ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫»ﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴﱢ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﻮُﺟُ ﻮ ُد ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك … ﺟَ ﻴﱢ ٌﺪ ِﻟ ْﻠ ِﺠ ْﺴ ِﻢ َوﻟِﻠ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫أَﺧِ ريَ ًة‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ َل ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪ِ :‬‬
‫ُﺼ ِﺒﺢُ َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮءُ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ َﻛﻴ َ‬
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‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺤْ ﺒ ََﺔ َ‬ ‫َت ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻒ ﻳَﻤْ ِﴤ ﺑ َِﻄﻴﺌًﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﺒَ ِﺔ ﻟِﻬﺎﻳﺪي‪ِ ،‬ﻷَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻓﺘَ َﻘﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَا أ َ ﱠن ﺑَﺎﻗِ َﻲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺮ ِ‬
‫ﻆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻛﻠِﻤَ ﺘ ِِﻪ َوﻧ َ َﻘ َﻞ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺰ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ أَﺧِ ريًا ﺟَ ﺎءَ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻠﺞُ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ ُﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪ .‬ﺣَ َﺎﻓ َ‬
‫ﻃﻮَا َل ُﺷﻬُ ﻮ َر‬ ‫ِﻴﺴ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ِﻤ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ ِﺑﻨَﺎءٌ َﻗﺪِﻳ ٌﻢ ﻣَ ﻬْ ﺠُ ﻮ ٌر ِﻷَﻋْ ﻮَا ٍم ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ َ‬ ‫دورﻓﲇ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎﺳ ًﻜﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻒ ﻟِﺠَ ﻌْ ﻠ ِِﻪ َﺳﻠِﻴﻤً ﺎ َو ُﻣﺘَﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺮ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻴ ُْﺶ ِﰲ دورﻓﲇ ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺘَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ُﻦ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬﺠَ ًﺔ ِﺑﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳﺪِ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ﻈﻬْ ِﺮ‪ .‬وَﻋَ ِﻤ َﻠ ْﺖ ﺟَ ﺎﻫِ َﺪ ًة ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ َوﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤَ ْﺖ‬ ‫َﺎح َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎب إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِ‬
‫ِﻴﻒ ِﺟﺪٍّا ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﺸ َﻐ ٍﻒ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ُد ﱢر َس َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜﺎدِ ﺗَ َﺮى ﺑﻴﱰ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪َ .‬ﻗﺎ َل إ ِ ﱠن اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻠﺞَ َﻛﺜ ٌ‬
‫ﻄﻰ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ًﺔ ِﻟﻴَﺘَ َﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻳ َِﺠ ُﺪ َ‬ ‫ُﺻﻮ َل إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َوﻣ ِْﻦ ﺛ َ ﱠﻢ َﻓﻬُ َﻮ َﻻ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﻮ ُ‬
‫اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻠﺞَ ِﻟﻴَ ُﺰو َر ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻧْﺘِﻬَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ﺎق أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ وَأ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪.‬‬
‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗُﺤِ ﺐﱡ ُر ْؤﻳ ََﺔ ﺑﻴﱰ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺸﺘَ ُ‬
‫ِﻴﻒ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ْﻦ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬ ‫ﻄﻠُﺐُ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫﺎبَ ﻟِﻠ ﱢﺰﻳَﺎ َرةِ‪ ،‬ﻳ ُْﺨ ِﱪ َُﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ أ َ ﱠن اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻠﺞَ َﻛﺜ ٌ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ﺗَ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮر ﱠ‬ ‫ﻇﻬُ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءِ َو ُ‬ ‫ور أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﻛ ِﺜريَ ٍة ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻮز إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ُﻣ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ِزﻳَﺎ َر ِة ﱠ‬
‫اش َو َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ُر ْﻛﻨِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺘَﺎدِ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗَ َﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ َ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِ‬
‫ﻳﻀ ٌﺔ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ؟«‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﻣَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑ ُ ْ‬
‫ﻂ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﱪ َد ﻳُ َﺆﺛ ﱢ ُﺮ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ُة‪ .‬إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َ ْ‬ ‫»ﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪َ :‬‬‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫ُﺼ ِﺒﺢُ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﻮ دَاﻓِ ﺌًﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى؟«‬ ‫ني ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫– »إِذَ ْن َﺳﺘَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺴ ِﻨ َ‬
‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪» :‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪ .‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن أَﻋُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ْﺰ ِل‪«.‬‬
‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ َﺮى ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻬُ ﺪُوءَ‬ ‫ُﻮط اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮز ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ُﻫﺒ ِ‬ ‫ِﻠﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫َﻗ َﺮأ َ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎت ﺗَ َﺮاﻧِﻴﻤِ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ ْﻢ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ‬ ‫ﻮز ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻤ ُﻊ إ ِ َﱃ َﻛﻠِﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫َﺎن وَﺟْ َﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ َﺔ ﺗَﻌْ َ ِﱰﻳ ِ‬ ‫و ﱠ‬
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‫ﻳﻼ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻤْ ِﺾ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻮَﺟﱠ ﺐَ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑﻴﱰ أ ْن ﻳ ََﻀ َﻊ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻄﻤْ ِﺌﻨُﻬَ ﺎ! وَﻣَ َﻊ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪَا أ ﱠن و َْﻗﺘًﺎ َ‬ ‫َﺎت ﺗُ َ‬
‫ْاﻵﻳ ُ‬
‫ﺼ ُﻔﻮ َرﻳ ِْﻦ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َﻛﻌُ ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ِﻣ ْﺰ َﻟﺠَ ﺘ ِِﻪ ِﻟﺘَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬اﻧْﺪ ََﻓ َﻊ ِاﻻﺛْﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬
‫ﺎن ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﻠ َﻘ ِ‬
‫َت َﻻ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ْت َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ٌة َﻛﺎد ْ‬ ‫اش ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ‪َ ،‬ﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻠﻘِ ﻴ ًَﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِ‬
‫ﱪ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ أﺣَ ﺪًا إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﺑﻴﱰ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱠث ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ أَﺣَ ﺪٍ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ْﺨ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ َر ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱠ ُﻞ ِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬
‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪.‬‬
‫ِﺼﺪِﻳﻘِﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة ﻳَﺎ ﺑﻴﱰ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻟ َ‬

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‫َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة‪«.‬‬

‫– »أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ أَﻋْ ﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ ﻴ ِﻘﻴ َﱠﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻘ َﺮأ َ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪ .‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻘ َﺮأ َ‬
‫اﻟﱰَاﻧِﻴﻢَ‪«.‬‬‫َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬
‫»ﺳﺄُﻋَ ﱢﻠ ُﻤ َﻚ‪«.‬‬
‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱢﻲ و ََﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪َ :‬‬‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ِﰲ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ ِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺪ َﱠﻗ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬
‫َﻓﺘَ َﺴﺎءَ َل‪َ » :‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا؟ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ ﻗِ َﺮاءَﺗُﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ِزﻳَﺎ َراﺗِﻚِ ‪«.‬‬
‫ري‪َ .‬ﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫– »إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺤَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ ﻟ َِﺴﻤَ ﺎﻋِ ﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ﻳَﺎ ﺑﻴﱰ‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﺠْ ﻌَ ﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑﺘَﺤَ ﱡﺴ ٍﻦ َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬
‫ﻮن ﻣَ ﻮْﺟُ ﻮ َد ًة ِﺑﺠَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ‪«.‬‬‫َﻫ ِﺪﻳ ٌﱠﺔ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨ ُ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻌْ ِﻄﻴَﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن أ َ ُﻛ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ إِﺟَ ﺎﺑَﺘ ِِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫ﻧ َ ﱠﻜ َﺲ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄﻌْ ِﺖ ﺗَﻌْ ﻠِﻴﻤِ ﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫»ﺳﺄَﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ُﻢ إِذَا ْ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﺑﻴﱰ أَﺧِ ريًا‪َ :‬‬
‫ا ْرﺗَ َﺴﻤَ ِﺖ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ ٌﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻪ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ِﰲ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴُﺒ ِْﲇ ﺑ ََﻼءً ﺣَ َﺴﻨًﺎ‪.‬‬

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 ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ ﻋﴩ‬

‫ﻳﻦ‬ ‫َأ ْﺧ َﺒ ٌﺎر ِﻣ ْﻦ َأ ْﺻ ِﺪ َﻗﺎءَ َﺑ ِﻌ ِ‬

‫ﻴﺪ َ‬

‫ﻳﻼ َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ أَﺧِ ريًا ﺟَ ﺎءَ َﺷﻬْ ُﺮ ﻣَ ﺎﻳُﻮ‪ .‬ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ﺑﻴﱰ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا ِﺑﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪ ِة ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺷﺘَﺎءً َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺿﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﻠ ِﻤ ِﻪ و ََﻗ ﱠﺮ َر‬ ‫ﺎع ﺗَ ْﺮﻧِﻴﻤَ ٍﺔ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪َ .‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﺑﻴﱰ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﺮ َ‬ ‫َﺻﺎ َر ِت ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻤْ ِﺘ ُﻊ ِﺑ َﺴﻤَ ِ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫ﻈﺎ ٍم أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪ .‬أَﺣْ َﺪﺛ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻓ ْﺮ ًﻗﺎ ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱟﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة وَﺑﻴﱰ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺬ َﻫﺎبَ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺪ َر َﺳ ِﺔ ِﺑﺎﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬
‫ﻴﻊ‪ ،‬اﻧْﺘَ َﻘ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ‬ ‫ﺎت اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِ‬‫وﱃ ﻋَ َﻼﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ْت أ ُ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ َﻓ ْﺮ ًﻗﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريًا أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪ .‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫َث ﻧُﻮ ُر ﱠ‬ ‫أَﺣْ ﺪ َ‬
‫ﻴﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة وَﺟَ ﺪ َﱡﻫﺎ ِاﻻ ْﺳﺘِﻌْ ﺪَا َد ِﻟ ُﺰو ِﱠار اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِ‬‫وَﻫﺎﻳﺪي إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬
‫ﻄﺎبُ ﻛﻼرا‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ ٌﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﺧِ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻮ ِْرﻫِ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻤْ ِﺾ و َْﻗ ٌﺖ َ‬
‫ني! َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ِﻄ ِﻖ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺰﻳَﺎ َر ُة ﺗَﺒْﻌُ ُﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ ِﺳﺘﱠ َﺔ أ َ َﺳﺎ ِﺑﻴﻊَ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺰوﱠا َر َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا َﻗﺎدِ ِﻣ َ‬
‫ﻈﺎ َر‪.‬‬‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة وَﻛﻼرا ِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬
‫ﻂءٍ َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ أَﺧِ ريًا‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ُم ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ُﺷﻮﻫِ َﺪ‬‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻣَ ْﻮ ِﻋ ِﺪ ِزﻳَﺎ َر ِة ﻛﻼرا ِﺑﺒُ ْ‬
‫ﺎن َرﺟُ َﻼ ِن ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ َﻼ ِن ُﻛ ْﺮ ِﺳﻴٍّﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻌُ ﻮدًا ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪ِ .‬ﰲ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎ ِم َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ُﻪ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﻞ ﻳ َُﺸ ﱡﻖ َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﻮﻛِﺐٌ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺐُ ﱠ‬
‫ﺼﺎﻧًﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ َدﻟ ٍ‬
‫ِﻴﻞ‬ ‫ﳼ‪ .‬و ََﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻣْ َﺮأ َ ٌة ﺗَﻤْ ﺘَ ِﻄﻲ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ ِن ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﺮ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻮﻓ ٌﺔ ِﺑ ﱢ‬
‫ﺎﻟﺸ َ‬ ‫وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ َﻓﺘَﺎ ٌة ﻣَ ْﻠ ُﻔ َ‬
‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َرﺟُ ٌﻞ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ‪ .‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ ﻣَ ْﻘﻌَ ٌﺪ ﻳَﺪ َْﻓﻌُ ُﻪ َرﺟُ ٌﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﻤْ ِﴚ ِﺑﺠَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻴﻼ ِن وَا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺮ ِو ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻌْ ﻠُﻮ َرأ ْ َﺳﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸ َ‬ ‫َﻟ ﱠﻔ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ‬
‫»ﻫﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﺎءُوا! َﻫﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﺎءُوا!« َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﻘﻔِ ُﺰ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺮﺣَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧَﻮا‬ ‫َﺧ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﴏ َ‬
‫ُﻮف ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓﺮاﻧﻜﻔﻮرت‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻀﻴ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ ﱡ‬
‫ﻮخ َوﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َﻓﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪﱢ‪ .‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ َﻗ ِﺼ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﱠف‬ ‫ري ﺗَ َﴫ َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة أﺧِ ريًا إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫و َ‬
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‫ْاﻷ َ ْرﺑَﻌَ ُﺔ َﻛﺄ ْ‬
‫ﺺ‬ ‫ان ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻠِﻴﺐَ وَا ْﻟﺠُ ﺒ َْﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﻤﱠ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءَ ُﻗﺪَاﻣَ ﻰ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻳُﺠَ ﻬﱢ َﺰ ِ‬
 ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬

‫َﺻ َﻔﺘْﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪ .‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا‬ ‫ﳼ ﻛﻼرا إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﺑ ُْﻘﻌَ ٍﺔ و َ‬ ‫ِﻟﻮَﺟْ ﺒَﺘ ِِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗَﺪ َْﻓ ُﻊ ُﻛ ْﺮ ِ ﱠ‬
‫ﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ُﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻐﺪَاءِ‪.‬‬
‫ﻄﻌَ ًﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺒ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﻤﱠ ِﺺ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﻗِ ْ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ أ َ َراكِ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ِﰲ د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪َ :‬‬
‫ﻳَﺎ ﻛﻼرا؟«‬
‫َﺎق ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻧَﺘَﻨَﺎ َوﻟُﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻃﺒ ِ‬ ‫– »أُوه‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻣَ ﺬَ َاﻗ َﻪ َرا ِﺋ ٌﻊ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﺟَ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ‪ ،‬أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬
‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪«.‬‬
‫ﳾءٍ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪﱡ‪» :‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻫﻮَاءُ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ! ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬
‫ﱠﺧ َﺮ ْت ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓﺘَﻬَ ﺎ ﻟ ِْﻶﺧِ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮخ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ‪ .‬وَاد َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻮَﺟْ ﺒَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ َرﺗْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ا ْﻟ ُﻜ َ‬
‫َﺎﴍ ًة إ ِ َﱃ‬‫ﻈ ُﺮ ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣﺒ ِْﻬﺞٌ ِﺟﺪٍّا ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي! َﻓﻴُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬
‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒ ًَﺔ‬‫ني َراﺋِﺤَ ًﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻮب ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ُﺸﻤﱢ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ أ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر اﻟﺘﱠﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫ني ﺣَ ﻔِ َ‬ ‫اﺷﻚِ ‪َ .‬وﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ﻌِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ِﺟﺪٍّا ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻚِ ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َر أَﺑَﺪًا ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ َﺔ ﻧ َ ْﻮ ٍم ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ َو ُﻣﺒ ِْﻬﺠَ ًﺔ َﻛﻬَ ِﺬهِ‪«.‬‬
‫َﻗﺎ َل ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪﱡ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ‪ ،‬إ ِ َذا ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ َراﻏِ ﺒ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ﻟِﻜﻼرا أ َ ْن ﺗَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ‬
‫ﺼ ِﺒﺢُ أ َ ْﻗﻮَى و ََﺳﻨَﻌْ ﺘَﻨِﻲ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻛ ٌﺪ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺘُ ْ‬
‫ُﺼ َﺎﻓﺤَ ًﺔ‬ ‫َﺻ َﺎﻓﺤَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺐٌ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪ .‬أ َ ْﺷ ُﻜ ُﺮ َك ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ‪ «.‬أ َ َﺧ َﺬ ِت ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ﻳَ َﺪ ُه و َ‬ ‫– »أَﻧ ْ َﺖ َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَﻨ ﱠ ًﺔ‪.‬‬‫َ‬
‫ﻴﺰ‬‫ﺎن‪ .‬ﻋَ ِﻤ َﻠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﺠْ ِﻬ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﺛَﺎ َر ُة ﺗَﻌُ ﱡﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎﻋَ ِﺔ اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﺼ ِﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻧ ْ‬
‫اش‬ ‫ﻄﺎءً ِﻣﺜَﺎ ِﻟﻴٍّﺎ ﻟِﻔِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﴬ َﻫﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺰوﱠا ُر ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ْﻢ ﻏِ َ‬ ‫ني ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ُ‬‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ ُن وَا ْﻟﺒَ َ‬‫اﻟﺸ َ‬‫ﺻﻨَﻌَ ِﺖ ﱢ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪َ .‬‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬
‫ني ِﺟﺪٍّا ِﻟ َﺪ َرﺟَ ِﺔ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴﻌَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻮع ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱢﺒ ِْﻦ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا وَﻫﺎﻳﺪي ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱢ َﺴﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﻛﻼرا ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬
‫ﳾءٍ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧَﺤْ ٍﻮ‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻜﺘَﺎ َو َر َاﻗﺒَﺘَﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪﻳ ِْﻦ و َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ﻤَ َﻼ ِن ِﺑﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٍة ِﻟﺘَﻬْ ِﻴﺌَ ِﺔ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ‪َ .‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬
‫َت‬ ‫ني َووَﻋَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟﻮﱠﺣَ ْﺖ ُﻣ َﻮدﱢﻋَ ًﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ري ٍة َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﱰ ٍة َﻗ ِﺼ َ‬ ‫ُﻣ ْﺮ ٍض‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻓ ْ َ‬
‫ِﺑ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﱪ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ِة ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَﺪِﻳ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻠﻘِ ﻴ ًَﺔ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﺨ َﺰ ِن اﻟﺘﱢﺒ ِْﻦ‪ ،‬ﻧ َ َ‬
‫اﻟﻼ ِﻣﻌَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨﱡﺠُ ﻮ ِم ﱠ‬
‫ري ُﻣﺒ َ َ‬
‫َﺎﴍ ًة‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﺷ ُﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﻀﺒ ِْﻂ َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ﻋَ َﺮﺑَ ٍﺔ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ َوﻧ ُ ِ‬ ‫– »ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ِﺑ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ﱠ‬

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‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءَ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪ َ‬
‫ِﻳﻦ‬

‫ﻴﺶ َﻓﻮ ًْﻗﺎ ِﰲ ﱠ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ و ََﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٌة‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗُﻮ ِﻣﺊ ُ َﻟﻨَﺎ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬اﻟﻨﱡﺠُ ﻮ ُم ﺗَ ْﻠﻤَ ُﻊ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌِ ُ‬
‫ﳾءٍ ِﺑﺤَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻻ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ د ٍ‬
‫َاع‬ ‫ُﺼﻠِﺢُ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ني؟ إ ِ ﱠن ﷲ َ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد َة أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪ .‬أَﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ِﻤ َ‬
‫ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ َﻟﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬
‫ﳾءٍ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮا ُم ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻘ َﻠ ِﻖ‪َ .‬ﻓ ُﻜ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬
‫ﻃ َﻠﺒًﺎ ﻟِﻠ ﱠﺮاﺣَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬
‫اش َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ﺘَﺎ َرأ ْ َﺳﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِ‬
‫ﺻ َﻠﻮَاﺗ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ و َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻠﺘَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ِ‬
‫ُﺼﺪ َﱢﻗ ٍﺔ َروْﻋَ َﺔ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪ .‬و ََﺷ َﻜ َﺮ ِت ﷲ َ ِﻣ َﺮا ًرا‬ ‫ري ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻏ ْ َ‬
‫ﻈ ًﺔ ِﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ٍة َ‬
‫َت ﻛﻼرا ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ َ‬ ‫َر َﻗﺪ ْ‬
‫ﻟِﺠَ ﻌْ ِﻞ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻤَ ِ‬
‫ﺎل‪.‬‬

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‫اﳊ َﻴﺎ ُة ِﰲ َﻣ ْﻨ ِﺰ ِل ْ َ‬
‫اﳉ ﱢﺪ‬ ‫َْ‬

‫ﺎس‪ .‬ﺗَ َﺸﺎ َر َﻛ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬ ‫ﻴﻊ اﻟﺜ ﱠ َﻼﺛ َ ِﺔ اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ُة َﻓﻮ َْق ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﻣ ُْﻔﻌَ ﻤَ ًﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ِﰲ ْاﻷ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ِ‬
‫ﳾءٍ‪.‬‬‫ﻣَ َﻊ ﻛﻼرا ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬
‫ﺻﺒ َ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ اﻟﺪﱠاﻓِ ﺊ ُ ﻳَ ْﻠ ِﻤ ُﺲ‬ ‫َﺎن و َُﺷﻌَ ﺎ ُع ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎح أﺣَ ِﺪ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم و َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻠﻘِ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ َ ِ‬
‫ﳾءٍ ِﰲ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻔﺘُﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻜﻢْ‪ .‬أَﺟَ ﻤْ ُﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﻀﺒ ِْﻂ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫»اﻵ َن ﺗَ َﺮﻳ َْﻦ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ َة ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫أَﻳْ َﺪﻳَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ وَأ َ ْرﺟُ َﻠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪ْ :‬‬
‫ﻮن ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ﻣَ َﻊ ﺟَ ﺪﱢي‪«.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ أ َ ْن أ َ ُﻛ َ‬
‫َﻫﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ِﺑ َﺴﻌَ ﺎ َدةٍ‪» :‬أُوه ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻮ أَﻧﱢﻲ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻘﺎءَ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻚِ‬
‫ﻟ ِْﻸَﺑَﺪِ!«‬
‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ َم ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ِﺑ َﺪو ِْر ِه ﻟِﻠﺘﱠﺄ َ ﱡﻛ ِﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠﺰا ِﺋ َﺮ َة ﺗَﺘَ َﻠ ﱠﻘﻰ ﻋِ ﻨَﺎﻳ ًَﺔ ﺟَ ﻴﱢ َﺪ ًة‪ِ .‬ﺑﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﻠﻌَ ﺐُ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ِ‬
‫ص ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﴩﺑَﻪُ‪ .‬ﻛﻤﺎ ﺣَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة ِﻟﺘَ ْ َ‬
‫ﻂ َﻟﺒ ََﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺠَ ﻌَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ َﺪﻳ ِْﻬﻢْ‪ ،‬أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻄ َﻮ‬‫ﺎن ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻣ ُﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم وَا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ اﻟﻨﱠﻘِ ﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻤ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ َﺎﻗﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ري ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤْ ُ‬
‫ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ني؟« ﻗﺎﻣَ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻒ ِﻟﺪَﻗِ ﻴﻘ ٍﺔ أ ِو اﺛْﻨَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة أ ْن ﺗَﻘِ َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َﺳﺄ َل ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪﱡ‪» :‬أ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗُﺤَ ِﺎو َل ِاﻻﺑْﻨَﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ض‪َ .‬ﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ إ ِ ﱠن ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ْاﻷ َ ْر َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎﺋ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﺴ َﻜ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺎ َﻟﻤَ ﺎ َﻟﻤَ َﺴ ْﺖ َﻗﺪَﻣَ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ِﺔ ِ ِﻹ ْر َ‬
‫ﻳُ ْﺆﻟِﻤُﻬَ ﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريًا‪.‬‬
‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ ٌﻞ‬ ‫َﺎح‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱠﺮ و َْﻗ ٌﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ني ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﻬْ ﺠَ ُﺔ َو ُروحُ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻐﺎﻣَ َﺮ ِة ﺗَ ْﻐ ُﻤ َﺮ ِ‬
‫ان ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫َاﻓ َﻖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪﱡ‪ .‬و َِﰲ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﺳ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱢﺪ ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ‪ .‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا و َ‬
‫ني َوﻳ ُْﺨ ِﱪ َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ ِﻟﻴُﻨَﺎدِيَ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮخ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ د َ‬ ‫ﳼ ﻛﻼرا َﺧ ِﺎرجَ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ د ََﻓ َﻊ ُﻛ ْﺮ ِ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﴩ ٍق ﺟَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫َﺎح ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َﻛ ْﻢ ُﻫ َﻮ ُﴍ ٌ‬
‫ُوق ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ٌﻞ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻮﺗَﺎﻧ ِِﻪ‪.‬‬
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‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ َﻻ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﺠَ ﻤﱠ ِﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺰ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ َﻛﻌَ ﺎ َدﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَا َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ ﺑﻴﱰ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫ﻴﻊ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺒًﺎ وَأَﻧَﺎ ِﻧﻴٍّﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺪ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻏ ِ‬ ‫ﺗُﺤِ ﺒﱡ ُﻪ ِﰲ ْاﻵ ِوﻧ َ ِﺔ ْاﻷَﺧِ ريَةِ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎﺿﻴَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َار ْاﻷ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ِ‬
‫ِﻳﻘ ُﺔ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺒَﺐَ َو َراءَ َﻏ َﻀ ِﺐ ﺑﻴﱰ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ف ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺰ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ِ‬
‫ِﻳﻘﺘَﻪُ‪.‬‬‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ﴪ َ‬ ‫وج ﻣَ َﻊ ﺑﻴﱰ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺒ َﺴﺒ َِﺐ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﻠُﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ‪ ،‬اﻣْ ﺘَﻨَﻌَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُﺮ ِ‬
‫ﻄﺄ َ ﻛﻼرا‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ َووَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫أَﻳﱠﺎ ُﻣ ُﻪ ْاﻵ َن أ َ ْ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑ ُﺴ ْﺨ ٍﻂ َو َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪوﱡ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرأَى ﺑﻴﱰ ُﻛ ْﺮ ِﺳﻴﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻘﺒَ ُﻊ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪ ،‬ﻧ َ َ‬
‫َان ُﻣﺘَﻮَﺣﱢ ٍﺶ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ ﻟ ِْﻸَﻣَ ﺎ ِم َﻛﺤَ ﻴَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن و ََﻻ أَﺣَ َﺪ ﻳَ َﺮاهُ‪َ .‬ﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٌ َ‬
‫ْت ِﰲ أيﱢ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك َ‬
‫َاﺧﺘَ َﻔﻰ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ ﻟ ِْﻸَﻣَ ﺎ ِم و ْ‬ ‫ﳼ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﳼ َود ََﻓﻌَ ُﻪ ِﺑ َﻐ َﻀ ٍﺐ ِﰲ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْﺤَ ﺪ َِر‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧْﺪ ََﻓ َﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﺮ ِ ﱡ‬ ‫أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﺮ ِ ﱢ‬
‫ﻈ ِﺎر‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻷَﻧ ْ َ‬
‫ﻄ ُﻢ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﳼ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎهٍ‪ .‬و ََﺷﻌَ َﺮ ﺑﻴﱰ ِﺑ َﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ٍة و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ َﺮا ُه ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ٌﻊ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﺮ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر ْت ﻗِ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ث أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋْ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻜ َ ِﱰ ْ‬ ‫َات ِﰲ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ﱠﻔ َﻖ ِﺑﻴَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ و ََﻗ َﻔ َﺰ َﻓﻮ َْق ﱡ‬ ‫إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َ‬
‫ِﻳﻘ َﺔ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ َﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓ ُﻪ أ َ ﱠن َ‬ ‫ﻳ ََﻘ ُﻊ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ ِﺑ َﺴﺒ َِﺐ أ َ ْﻓﻌَ ﺎﻟ ِِﻪ‪ُ .‬ﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻴﻞ ﻛﻼرا‪َ ،‬ﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﱡﺮكِ ‪ .‬و ََﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻵ َن ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨ ْ َﺪ َرﺣِ ِ‬
‫َو ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺄْﻛِﻴ ِﺪ َﺳﺘَ ْﺨ ُﺮجُ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪.‬‬
‫ﺎن ِﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ؛ إ ِ ْذ ﺣَ ﻤَ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻛﻼرا‬ ‫ﺻﻌِ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ وَا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﳼ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ د َ‬
‫ُون ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﺮ ِ ﱢ‬
‫و ََﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑﺠَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﺑ َﻔ َﺮ ٍح‪.‬‬
‫وَﺟَ ﺪ َِت ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻤُﻮﻋَ ُﺔ ﺑﻴﱰ ِﰲ أَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﻣَ َﻊ ﺑَ ِﻘﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺰ‪.‬‬
‫ﻒ ِﻟﺘَﺄ ْ ُﺧ َﺬ ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺰي؟«‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪﱡ‪» :‬ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ َذا َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ْ‬
‫ﳼ‪،‬‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎبَ ﺑﻴﱰ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪َ «.‬ﻏ ِﻀﺐَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ و ََﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﺮ ِ ﱢ‬
‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﺑﻴﱰ َﻗﺎ َل إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﺎل‬‫ﺎل ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻏﺎ َد َر ِﻟﻴ َُﻘﻮ َم ِﺑﺒَﻌْ ِﺾ ْاﻷَﻋْ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ص ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺠْ ﻠ َِﺲ ﻛﻼرا ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﺎﺣَ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ٍ‬ ‫ﺣَ َﺮ َ‬
‫ﻴﻂ‬ ‫ﺎل ا ْﻟﻤُﺤِ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻘ ِﺲ وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟ ِﱪ ِْﺳﻴ ِﻢ‪ ،‬ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻤْ ﺘِﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪ .‬ﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَﻛﻼرا و َْﺳ َ‬
‫ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﻈ ٍﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻘﺎءُ َﺳﺎ ِﻛﻨ َ ًﺔ ِﻟ َﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت ِﺑ ْﻀ ُﻊ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍ‬
‫ْﻒ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻴ ٌَﺔ ﻳَﺎ ﻛﻼرا إِذَا ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛﺘُﻚِ ِﻟ ِﺒ ْﻀ ِﻊ د ََﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ؟ أ َ َو ﱡد أ َ ْن أ َ َرى َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ أَﻧﱢﻲ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َﺳﺘَﻌْ ﺘَﻘِ ﺪ َ‬ ‫– َ‬
‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ …«‬ ‫ﺗَﺒْﺪُو ْاﻷ َ ْز َﻫﺎ ُر‪ .‬أ َ َو ﱡد أ َ ْن أ َ ْر ُﻛ َﺾ ﻟِﻬُ ﻨَﺎ َك وَأَﻋُ ﻮ َد ِﺑ ُ ْ‬

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‫ﺎن ﺣَ ْﻘ ُﻞ ْاﻷ َ ْز َﻫ ِﺎر أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ﺟَ ﻤَ ًﺎﻻ‬‫ُﴪﻋَ ًﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫َاﻓ َﻘ ِﺔ َو َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﺑْﺘَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻛﻼرا ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻤﻮ َ‬
‫ﳾءٍ َراﺋِﻌً ﺎ ِﺟﺪٍّا‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة‪ .‬اﻟ ﱠﻠ ْﻮ ُن ْاﻷ َ ْز َر ُق ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺎﻣ ُﻖ‪َ ،‬و َراﺋِﺤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻨ ﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَﺘَﺬَ ﱠﻛ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬
‫ﻴﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗُ َﺸ ِﺎر َﻛﻪُ‪.‬‬‫ِﻟ َﺪ َرﺟَ ٍﺔ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ْت ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَﺤِ ِ‬
‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻟِﻜﻼرا‪» :‬أُوه‪ ،‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄْﺗِﻲ! َﺳﺄَﺣْ ِﻤﻠُﻚِ !«‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻂ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻐ ُﺮ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ! َﻟ ْﻮ أَﻧﱢﻲ َﻓ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ؟ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَﻨَﻬﱠ ﺪ َِت ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪» :‬ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ ،‬ﻓِ ﻴ َﻢ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ِﺮ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ْريَ!«‬
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‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َو َﻛﺄﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮةٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬
‫َت‪» :‬ﺑﻴﱰ! ﺑﻴﱰ!«‬ ‫ﻧَﺎد ْ‬
‫َاﻓ َﻖ‬‫ﳼ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة َﻗ ِﺪ ا ْﻛﺘَ َﺸ َﻔ ْﺖ أَﻣْ َﺮ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﺮ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﺘُ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻮن َ‬ ‫ﺎﺋﻔﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ َﺧ ً‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﱠ‬
‫ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﺴﺎﻋِ ﺪ ََﻫﺎ ِﰲ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﺿ ْﻊ ﻳَ َﺪ َك ِﰲ َﺷ ْﻜ ِﻞ ﺣَ ْﻠ َﻘ ٍﺔ‪ْ .‬اﻵ َن‪ ،‬ﻛﻼرا أَدْﺧِ ِﲇ ذِ َراﻋَ ﻚِ ِﰲ ذِ َراﻋِ ِﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪» :‬ﺑﻴﱰ‪َ ،‬‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﺎ َد ًة‬ ‫ﺎت‪ .‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺋ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ اﻟﺘﱠﻮ ِْﺟﻴﻬَ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﰲ إِﻋْ َ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﳼ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢﺮكٍ ﺗَﻤْ ِﴚ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ْﺮ ِ ﱟ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ْريُ!«‬‫اﻟﺴ ْريُ ْاﻵ َن ﻳَﺎ ﻛﻼرا‪ ،‬ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ ﱠ‬ ‫– »ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻚِ ﱠ‬
‫ري ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪.‬‬ ‫ني ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ٍة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ اﺗﱠ َﻔ َﻘﺘَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺪ ﱡر ِب ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱢ َﺴﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ِ‬
‫ﻃ َﻮ َل‪ .‬ﻣَ ﱠﺮ أ ُ ْﺳﺒُﻮ ٌع‬ ‫ﴚ ﻟِﻤَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ً‬
‫ﺎن ْاﻷﻣْ ُﺮ ﻳَ ْﺰدَا ُد ُﺳﻬُ ﻮ َﻟﺔ َوﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ُﻦ ﻛﻼرا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬
‫ﻣَ َﻊ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َﻛ َ َ‬
‫ﺎن‬‫آﺧ ُﺮ وَأَﺧِ ريًا ﺟَ ﺎءَ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ُم ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﺳﺘَﺄْﺗِﻲ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ِﻷَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻞ ِزﻳَﺎ َر ٍة ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻮز ﻣ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ َ ٌة ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ‪ِ .‬ﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ﱠﻛ ِﺪ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة ِﺟﺪٍّا ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬‫ﻈ ِﺎر ﱠ‬ ‫ِﰲ اﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬
‫ﺎن ِﻷ َ ْن ﺗَﺠْ ﻠ َِﺴﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻘﻌَ ِﺪ َﺧ ِﺎرجَ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬
‫ﻮخ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ِ‬‫ﻄ َ‬‫وﱃ‪َ .‬ﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺮى ﻛﻼرا ﺗَﻤْ ِﴚ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِة ْاﻷ ُ َ‬
‫ﻮن َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒ ًَﺔ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ِﻟﺘَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴﻌَ ﺎ ُر ْؤﻳ ََﺔ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻬَ ﺎ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳَﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ﻣ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄَﺗَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ان ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َة ِﻟﺘَ ُﻜ َ‬
‫َﺳﺘَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ َﺮ ِ‬

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‫اع َﺣ ﱠﺘﻰ َﻧ ْﻠ َﺘ ِﻘ َﻲ ُ َ‬
‫ﳎ ﱠﺪ ًدا‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻮ َد َ‬

‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ ﻳَﺎ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠﺘِﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ َة؟ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻮخ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ْﻘ َ ِﱰبُ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬
‫ﻮن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﻛﻼرا؟«‬ ‫ني! َﻫ ْﻞ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ني َو َو ْر ِدﻳﱠﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫وَﺟْ ﻨَﺘَﺎكِ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَ ِﻠﺌَﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ني ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻘﻌَ ﺪِ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َر َﻛ َﻀ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ني ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﻟ َِﺴﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫– »ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا َﻟ ْﺴ ِﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ْﺮ ِﺳﻴﱢﻚِ ﻳَﺎ ﻛﻼرا؟ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ َﻘﻌِ ﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَﻟِﻚ …«‬
‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَﻛﻼرا إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻌْ ِﻀ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﻌْ ِﺾ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ و ََﻗ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻘﻌَ ﺪِ‪ .‬ﺑَﺪَأ َ ِت اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْﺪَﻫِ َﺸ ِﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ري ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬‫ِﰲ ﱠ‬
‫ني وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ْﻀﺤَ ُﻚ‬ ‫ني!« ﺟَ َﺮ ِت ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ِﰲ اﺗﱢﺠَ ﺎ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫»ﻛﻼرا! ﺣَ ِﺒﻴﺒَﺘِﻲ ﻛﻼرا! أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﺗَﻤْ ِﺸ َ‬
‫ﳼ‪َ .‬ر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ‬ ‫ِﻒ ِﺑﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﺮ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫َوﺗَﺒْﻜِﻲ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ﺎﻧ َ َﻘ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا أَو ًﱠﻻ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪ .‬و ََﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة َﻟﻤَ ﺤَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ﻳَﻘ ُ‬
‫ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ُه وَﻋَ ﺎﻧ َ َﻘ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ َز ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ‪.‬‬
‫َث ِﺑ َﺴﺒ َِﺐ ﻋِ ﻨَﺎﻳَﺘِ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻫﻨَﺎ َك ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريُ ِﻷ َ ْﺷ ُﻜ َﺮ َك ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ! ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َﻫﺬَا ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓِ ﻌْ ِﻠ َﻚ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫– ُ‬
‫ُﴩ َﻗ ِﺔ و ََﻫﻮَاءِ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪«.‬‬‫ﷲ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎف ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ‪» :‬و ََﺷﻤْ ِﺲ ِ‬ ‫ﺿ َ‬ ‫أَ َ‬
‫ْﻒ َﻗ َﻀ ْﺖ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻔ ْﺖ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﴍَﺣَ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا َﻛﻴ َ‬
‫ﻴﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻋَ ِﻤ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ْاﻷ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ِ‬
‫ﻴﻘ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻮﻣِﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ َﻼﻧِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﴤ أ َ ْﺳﻌَ َﺪ أَﻳﱠﺎ ِم‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ُﻛ ﱠﻞ دَﻗِ َ‬
‫ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﻮن ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرأَوْا‬ ‫ﻮن ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ ُ َ‬ ‫َات ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺣَ َﺪﺛ َ ْﺖ‪َ .‬ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰاﻟُ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ ِﱢق ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة اﻟﺘﱠ َﻐ ﱡري ِ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ َ‬
‫َﺼﻌَ ُﺪ اﻟﺘﱠ ﱠﻠ َﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُﻤَ ﻴﱢ ْﺰ ﻛﻼرا ﻣَ ْﻦ ُﻫ َﻮ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫َﺷ ْﺨ ً‬
‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ وَﻫِ َﻲ ُﻣﻨْﺪَﻫِ َﺸ ٌﺔ ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘ ِِﻪ‪» :‬أ َ ِﺑﻲ!«‬ ‫َ‬
 ‫ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‬

‫ني أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة اﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ ْت ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ُه‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُﺤَ ﺪ ُﱢق إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَ َﺮى ِﰲ وَﺟْ ِﻪ ﻛﻼرا وَﺟْ َﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫َت ِﰲ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺎت ﺗَﺠَ ﱠﺪد ْ‬ ‫ُﻮع‪َ .‬ﻛ ْﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱢ ْﻛ َﺮﻳ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺪﻣ ِ‬
‫ﻴﻔ ًﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻵ َن ِﺑ ِﺼﺤﱠ ٍﺔ ﺟَ ﻴﱢ َﺪ ٍة َوﺗَﺒْﺪُو ﺗَﻤَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ أُﻣﱢ ﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َﻟﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻛﻼرا ﻧَﺤِ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺰوﱠﺟَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ َ‬
‫ﻆ أ َ ْم أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳَﺤْ ﻠُﻢُ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن َﻫ ْﻞ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ ٌ‬ ‫ف ﱠ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ِ‬
‫ﻧَﺎ َدﺗْ ُﻪ ﻛﻼرا‪» :‬أ َ َﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻨِﻲ ﻳَﺎ أ َ ِﺑﻲ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠري ُْت َﻛ ِﺜريًا ُﻣﻨْﺬُ آﺧِ ِﺮ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة َرأَﻳْﺘَﻨِﻲ؟« َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬
‫ﺗَ ْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑ َﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ٍة ﺑَﺎﻟ َِﻐ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬
‫َني ذِ َراﻋَ ﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺿﻤﱠ ﻬَ ﺎ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠﺘ ِِﻪ و َ‬ ‫َر َﻛ َﺾ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄﺎ ْاﻷَبُ‬ ‫ِﻲ؟« َﺧ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ذَﻟِﻚ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َرا ُه ﺣَ ﻘِ ﻴﻘ ﱞ‬ ‫– »ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠري ِْت ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻌْ ِﻞ! َﻛﻴ َ‬
‫ﻈ ُﺮ َﻫﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻣَ ﺎ ِم ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا‪ .‬ﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳ َْﺨﺘَﻔِ َﻲ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮ ًة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َراءِ ِﻟﻴَﻨ ْ ُ‬‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴ ُﺪ ُﺧ ْ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ريﺗِﻲ ﻛﻼرا؟« ﺟَ ﺎء َِت ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ َ‬ ‫ري ُة ﻛﻼرا؟ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ َ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ اﺑْﻨَﺘِﻲ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪َ :‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻄﻴْﻨَﺎ َك ﻣ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ َ ًة‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ أَﻋْ َ‬‫ْاﻵ َن‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَ َﺸﻮ َﱢﻗ ًﺔ ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ اﺑْﻨِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻓﺎﺟَ ﺄْﺗَﻨَﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ِﺠﻴﺌِ َﻚ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ أ َ ُ‬
‫أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ‪«.‬‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ ذَ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِ ِﻪ ِﻟﻴ َِﺠ َﺪ أ َ ﱠن وَا ِﻟ َﺪﺗَ ُﻪ وَﻛﻼرا َﻗ ْﺪ َرﺣَ َﻠﺘَﺎ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َُﻫ ُﻢ ﱠ‬
‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻦ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ًة َراﺋِﻌَ ًﺔ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻀ ﱠﻢ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻗﺎﺑَ َﻞ ﺑﻴﱰ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻟ ِِﺰﻳَﺎ َر ِة ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬
‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا وَاﺣِ ﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ِﻞ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ِﻟﻮُﺟُ ﻮ ِد ِه ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ .‬ﻛ ْﻢ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴬ ُه ﱠ‬ ‫أَﺣْ َ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ﺗَﻤْ ِﴚ!‬ ‫أَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗ ِِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻓﺘَﺎﺗُ ُﻪ ﱠ‬
‫َت ﻛﻼرا وَﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ‪ .‬أ َ َراد ْ‬‫ﻈﻬْ ِﺮ َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َد ًة َﻏ ِﺎﻣ َﺮ ًة ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﱰ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺟَ َﻠﺐَ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺒ ﱠَﻘﻰ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْ َ‬
‫ﻄﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ َﻠ ﱠﻘﻮ َْﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠﻌْ ِﺒريَ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﺷ ْﻜ ِﺮﻫِ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﺎن ﺑﻴﱰ َﻗ ْﺪ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ «.‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﱰ ٍة َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪» :‬ﺑﻴﱰ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺷﺎ َر ْﻛﻨَﺎ َك ِﰲ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻟ َِﻔ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ‬ ‫ﴍحَ َﻛ ْﻢ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﳼ‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َة ِﺑﺄَﻣْ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﺮ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺨﺠَ ِﻞ ِﰲ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ٍﻖ وَأ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬
‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ‬ ‫ُث إ ِ َذا َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪َ ،‬ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ِﺠ َﺰ ُة َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻟﺘَﺤْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻮَﺣْ َﺪةِ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺎﻣَ ﺤَ ﺎ ُه ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺮ ْﻏ َﻢ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬
‫ﳼ َﻟﺪَى ﻛﻼرا‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﺮ ِ ﱡ‬
‫اﻟﴚءَ‪.‬‬ ‫ف َﻫﺬَا ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ ِﻟﺘَﺘَﺬَ ﱠﻛ َﺮﻧَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ .‬وَأَﻧَﺎ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ِﴚءٍ َﻟ ِﻄ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻠﺼ ِﺒ ﱢﻲ‪» :‬إِﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ِﺑﺤَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ ﻟ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة ﻟ ﱠ‬
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‫ُﻮع‪«.‬‬ ‫ﴫ َﻓ ُﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ أ ْﺳﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﺺ َﻟ َﻚ ﻣَ ﺒْ َﻠ ًﻐﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎ َل ِﻟﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ُ‬ ‫َﺳﻨ ُ َﺨ ﱢ‬
‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪ِ » :‬ﻟﺒَ ِﻘﻴﱠ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ؟«‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َل ﱠ‬

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‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺒريًا ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻮ َ‬

‫َاﻓ َﻘ ِﺔ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪» :‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺒَ ِﻘﻴﱠ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِﺗ َﻚ‪ «.‬أَوْﻣَ ﺄ َ ﱠ‬
‫ﴫ ًﻓﺎ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َْﻘﻔِ ُﺰ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱠﻲ‪َ .‬ر َﻛ َﺾ ﺑﻴﱰ ُﻣﻨ ْ َ ِ‬ ‫َﺻ َﺎﻓﺢَ ﱠ‬ ‫و َ‬
‫ﱪ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺜ ٍ‬
‫ري‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻄﻴْﺘَﻨَﺎ َﻫ ِﺪﻳ ًﱠﺔ أ ْﻛ َ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ِﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﺪﱢ‪» :‬و َْاﻵ َن ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل ﱠ‬
‫ﳾءٌ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ ﻓِ ﻌْ ﻠُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻠ َﻚ؟«‬ ‫ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ َر ﱡدهُ‪ِ .‬ﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆ ﱠﻛ ِﺪ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ َ ْ‬
‫ِﻴﻼ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ أَﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ ُم ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤ ُِﺮ‪ .‬و ََﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﺳﺄ َ ْرﺣَ ُﻞ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ َﻗﻠ ً‬
‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ وُﺟُ ﻮ ِد ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﺮﻋَ ﻰ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َرﺣِ ِﻴﲇ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪ .‬أَﺣْ ﺘَﺎجُ ﻟ ِِﻼ ْ‬
‫ﻃ ِﻤﺌْﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘِﻲ‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ أَﻋْ ﺘَ ِﱪُ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺗَﺠْ ﻌَ ْﻞ َﻫﺬَا ﻳ َْﺸ َﻐ ُﻞ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻜريَ َك ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﺳﻴﺴﻤﺎن‪َ :‬‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﺎبَ ﱠ‬
‫آﺧ َﺮ‪ «.‬اﺑْﺘَ َﺴ َﻢ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ اﺑْﺘ َِﺴﺎﻣَ َﺔ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ ِرﻋَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ أَيﱢ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ َﻛ ِﻄ ْﻔ َﻠﺘِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﺴﻤَ ﺢَ ِﺑﺄ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﻴﻞ‪.‬‬‫ﺎن ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻋِ ْﺮ َﻓ ٍ‬
‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‪» :‬وَﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻋَ ﻨْﻚِ ﻳَﺎ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي؟ َﻫ ْﻞ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴْﻨَﻪُ؟«‬
‫اﳾ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ِﺠﻴﺐَ ِﺑﺤَ ْﺰ ٍم‪» :‬أَﺟَ ْﻞ‪ ،‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘِ ﱠﻢ إ ِ ْر َﺳﺎ ُل ﻓِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﱰ ٍة َ‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ْت ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﻟ َِﻔ ْ َ‬
‫ﻈ ﱡﻞ دَاﻓِ ﺌَ ًﺔ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻄﺄ ْ ِﻃﺊَ َرأ ْ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ و ََﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﺮ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِﺔ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗُ ْﻀ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓﺮاﻧﻜﻔﻮرت ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﱠﺪةِ‪ِ .‬ﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ِﰲ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ِﺮ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ َِﺎﱄ ﺑُ ُﺮو َد ًة‪«.‬‬
‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜﻨُﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ! ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﰲ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗُﻌَ ﺎﻧ ُِﻘﻬَ ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻛ ْﻢ ُﻫ َﻮ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ٌﻞ أَﻧﱠﻚِ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ﻓِ ﻌْ ُﻞ َذﻟِﻚ‪ .‬وَأ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ أ َ ْن أ ُ َﻗﺎ ِﺑ َﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ َة اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋِﻌَ َﺔ‪«.‬‬
‫ﻮز أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺘَ َﺨﻴﱠ ُﻞ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي‪.‬‬ ‫ﺟَ َﻠﺒ َْﺖ ِزﻳَﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َد ًة ﺑَﺎﻟ َِﻐ ًﺔ ﻟِﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬
‫َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ُﺔ أ َ ﱠن ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﱰُ َﻛﻬَ ﺎ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا وَﺣْ ﺪ ََﻫﺎ أَﻣْ ًﺮا َراﺋِﻌً ﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ‪ .‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ُﺔ‬
‫ﻮن ِﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ ِﺑﺤَ ﱟﻖ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺟَ َﻠﺒ َْﺖ دِ ْﻓﺌًﺎ َﻻ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬﻲ ﻟ َِﻘ ْﻠ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءُ ﻳَ ْﻜ َ ِﱰﺛ ُ َ‬ ‫أ َ ﱠن ﻫﺎﻳﺪي َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬
‫ْﻒ َﺳﻴَﺄْﺗِﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ ﻛﻼرا أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﻮ ﱢد َع ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻞ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎح اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﱠ‬
‫ﻮل ذَﻟِﻚ َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻛﻼرا ﺗَ ِﺴريُ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧَﺤْ ٍﻮ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَيﱢ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ ﻣَ َﴣ‪ ،‬و ََﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن‬ ‫ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺪدًا َو ِﺑﺤُ ﻠُ ِ‬
‫ِزﻳَﺎ َرﺗُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ ﻣَ ُﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻞ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺜ ٍ‬
‫ري‪.‬‬
‫اﺧﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ آﺧِ ُﺮ َﻟﻤْ ﺤَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ف ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْﺤَ ﺪ َِر َو َﻟﻮﱠﺣَ ْﺖ ِﺑﻴَﺪ َِﻫﺎ ﻟِﻜﻼرا ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫َر َﻛ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬
‫ﻃ َﺮ ِ‬
‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎةِ‪.‬‬

‫اش ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓﺮاﻧﻜﻔﻮرت ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ ِة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‪ .‬و َِﻷَو ِﱠل ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬
‫َات ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪةٍ‪ ،‬ﻧَﺎﻣَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ُة‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ُ‬
‫و َ‬
‫َت أ َ ْﻗﻮَى ﻣَ َﻊ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ‪ .‬ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﺑﻴﱰ‬ ‫اش و ََﻏﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ْت ِﰲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِ‬
‫ﻧَﻮْﻣً ﺎ َﻫﻨِﻴﺌًﺎ‪ْ .‬‬

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‫َﺻ َﻔﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎ َل ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴ ِْﻒ‪َ .‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺺ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ً‬ ‫وَﻫﺎﻳﺪي ِﺑﺠَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺪ ِة وَأ َ ْﺧ َﱪ ََاﻫﺎ َﻗ َ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺢ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻊ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ﻣَ َﻜﺎ ٌن أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ُﻞ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِ‬
‫ﺎش ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‬ ‫ﺻ َﻠﺢَ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ًﻻ َﻗﺪِﻳﻤً ﺎ ِﰲ دورﻓﲇ وَﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﻠ َﺪةِ‪َ ،‬ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ َة ِﻟ ْﻠﺒ ََﻘﺎءِ‪ .‬أ َ ْ‬‫ﻋَ ﺎ َد اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﺣَ ِﻈريَ ٌة دَاﻓِ ﺌَ ٌﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ﺎﻋِ َﺰﻳ ِْﻦ ِﻟﻴ َْﻘ ِﻀﻴَﺎ ُﺷﻬُ ﻮ َر‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻊ ﻫﺎﻳﺪي وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪﱢ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءِ ِﰲ َراﺣَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱢ‬
‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺟَ ﺎء َْت إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ ِة أَﻋْ ﻮَا ٍم‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻗ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗَ ْﱰُ َك ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺋ َﻊ‬
‫ﺎﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﺪ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‬‫ﻄ َ‬‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَﺎﺟُ ﻬَ ﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟﺪَى ﻫﺎﻳﺪي ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫أَﺑَﺪًا‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ﱢفءِ وَاﻟ ﱢﺮﻋَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ًة ﻣَ ﻠِﻴﺌَ ًﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤُ ﺐﱢ وَاﻟﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﻀ َﺎﻓﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ِد ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ٍل ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬
‫ﺎق َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻵ َن َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َدﺗُﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﻣ َُﺸﺎ َر َﻛ ِﺔ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ ﻣَ َﻊ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ﻳﻦ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﻬ َﻲ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ْاﻵ َن ِﰲ أﻋْ ﻤَ ِ‬
‫ﳾءٍ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮا ُم ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫أ َ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬

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